What do you mean God speaks?

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What does it mean to believe in God, especially in a world where God seems nowhere to be found? That depends on what we mean by God. Yet, most of us no longer seem to really understand the idea God, as we try and often fail to find God in our modern, scientific, and secular world. But, this is because the actual idea of God is more about how we relate to Reality as a whole. So, let's begin our journey from this starting point....

Our societies are becoming more polarized, and increasingly less able to hold fruitful conversations with people with different views. Simply put, we don't know how to disagree properly about things important to us. A look at why this series is for the skeptics who want to understand religious viewpoints, Christians with questions about their own beliefs, and everyone in between.

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In this extra episode, I talk about the series, what I'm hoping to do through it, my background, and why I pronounce my name "Jung" instead of "Chung." An informal episode. Episode 3 will go live as scheduled next week. 

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Why is Christmas on December 25th, when it's not actually the historical birthday of Jesus? Because it expresses an important aspect of what the day means; the Christian story of Jesus Christ starts from despair. It begins from a deep sense that we are not where we should be and where we could have been, a sense of loss and being lost. In a year when Christmas has arrived during a global pandemic, political, social, and religi...

If science can explain how the universe began and evolves through the Laws of Nature, does that make the idea of a Creator about as superfluous as the Flying Spaghetti Monster? That depends on what we mean by God. How Christians understand what it means to say, "God created the world," is very diverse and complex. But, what is core to all their understanding is an idea found in the Gospel of John--an idea that is also cor...

Christians disagree among themselves about what Christians believe. Some support certain political leaders and policies fanatically, while others are very critical of them. Some believe modern science goes against the belief in God, while others think it enriches their understanding of God. There are different branches of Christianity, and different denominations. And there is also the fact what the Christian churches taught about ...

A mob has stormed the U.S. Capitol. If anything kills the nation, this will kill it. Not the protest, nor the storming itself, but what motivated it. And if what motivated them motivate most people in that country, that country is on its deathbed. And if the Church cannot be (and has not been) a counter-example, then....

[Edit note: expanded by 2 minutes, to explain a few points I was trying to convey.]

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What are we doing when we think or speak about God? Is it even possible that human words or concepts can truly describe the "Infinite Reality," which is God? More to the point, isn't Christian description of God anthropomorphism, wrongly attributing human characteristic to Reality that is beyond us? The classical Christian answer is that everything we say of God comes with this caveat; everything we humans can say of...

The episodes for this series builds from the previous episodes, -and- the first season especially cover the more complicated ideas. So, periodically, I will release an extra episode that has a summary review for the previous episodes.  This bonus episode will discuss what the first season is doing, and what each episode is about.       

 0:00 Introduction       
 0:27 What the 1st Season is about         
 2:19 O...

It is common to nowadays for people to think that God of Christianity is just another god--even if a very popular one that's supposedly all-powerful and all-knowing. Some may even say that Christians insist on the capital "G," for their "God" because they just want their god to be unique among others. But, that's not quite right. Christians would in fact insist that other peoples and nations across the...

This extra episode addresses a few points that may have been raised in the seventh episode: Why "God" is not "god."
1) If ancient Israelites weren't "monotheists" as we understand them today, does that mean their oldest religious beliefs (or oldest beliefs in general) were polytheistic?  [ Short answer: Not really. ]
2) So, is the belief in "God" with the capital "G" so...

The Christian idea of sin and judgment is more than just an idea that our moral wrong will be punished by God. It points to something more basic, of that relentless question in our hearts why our world, and our lives, are not better than what they are now, and the part we've played in it. And whether we answer the question or ignore it, there will be a cost. That's why even today, the idea of sin and judgment is still rel...

What do you mean God speaks?

What is it like to "hear" God speak? What did figures like Abraham, Moses, the prophets, the apostles experience when God spoke to them?

Before we can answer this, we must first understand what it means for God to speak in general. In this episode, we will explore what it means to say that "God speaks," and how every human being"hears" God speak, even if w...

According to Christianity, every truth is God speaking. But, there is a difference between God speaking and God speaking to you. 

God is Reality; but, for Christians Reality is Who, not a what. And Reality is Who, because this Reality speaks to them personally.  But, what is it like to experience God speaking to you? What would it have been like for those like Abraham, or Moses?

01:31   God speaking vs God speakin...

 “Who am I? One name you might have for me is The World. Or you might call me the Universe. Or, perhaps God. Or the Truth. I am All, and I am One. And this also means that I am you.”   Truth, from Full Metal Alchemist
                                                                                           
This is an extra episode that examines the question in episode 9 and episode 10 in greater depth. If God can speak fr...

a.k.a. How nightmare plagues every dream of God's Kingdom                                  -                       

Many evils have been perpetrated in the name of Christianity; even now, there seems to be many individuals who justify their bigotry, hatred, or violence, by appealing to Christianity. The same, of course, happens with other religions, and even non-religious and anti-religious ideologies. But, the real question is...

What does it mean to say that the Bible is the “word of God”?  For Christianity, the “Word of God,” refers to much more than just the Bible; literally everything that unfolds in History is God speaking, the Logos--the rational principle of the universe, is God speaking--every truth is God speaking, and Jesus Christ is the Word of God who became a human being. So, where does the Bible fit? Why is a book about people who lived long a...

The entire series is written as a whole, like a single book that is broken up into sequential episodes, with each building upon the previous ones. So, periodically, I release an extra episode that has a summary review for the previous episodes.  This episode will explain what the first season was aiming for, and what episodes 7 to 12 is about.
                   
 0:00 Introduction                     
 0:54 What the...