Voltaire once declared, “The Bible is filled with contradictions, follies, and horrors.” If God’s word were truly perfect, it would be universal, unchangeable, and flawless—qualities only nature itself possesses. Yet the Bible falls short on every count, riddled with human flaws that reveal it as a product of ancient minds, not divine perfection. Neither Perfect […]
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In this episode, Jay Forest unpacks Deism as a rational, individual path for the “spiritual but not religious.” He defines it as belief in a non-intervening Creator God knowable through reason and nature’s laws, contrasting it with theism’s personal divine involvement. Identifying as a Deist philosopher blending Eastern wisdom, karma, and process thought, Jay draws
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Jesus is reported to have said, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here” (John 18:36). When church and state join forces, you
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In this episode, Jay Forest explores what it means to be “spiritual but not religious.” He contrasts religion’s institutional authority and conformity with spirituality’s personal experience of divine or cosmic unity, appealing to those who seek meaning beyond dogma. Identifying as a philosopher, a pursuer of wisdom, Jay roams freely among wisdom traditions—Daoism, Stoicism, Deism,
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In this opening episode, In Pursuit of Wisdom, we explore what it truly means to be wise. From the silent observation of the “wise old owl” to the timeless insights of Socrates, Lao Tzu, Confucius, and others, the episode reflects on wisdom as both mystery and pursuit—a journey that shapes how we see ourselves and
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Deism is “belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe” (Oxford English Dictionary). Theism is “belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his
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