The word atheism comes from the Greek atheos (ἄθεος), meaning “no god.” It combines the prefix a– (“no”) and theos (“god”), with the suffix -ism indicating a belief or doctrine. In its most literal sense, atheism means “the belief that there is no God or gods.” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy explains it this way: […]
In this episode, Jay Forrest argues for the reality of God—defined as the Impersonal Rational Ground of Being, not a supreme being but being itself—challenging atheism’s unevidenced denial while marshaling design, cosmology, natural laws, moral universality, and innate intuition as proof. Drawing from process philosophy, Aristotle, and thinkers like Dawkins, Hawking, Flew, Darwin, and Einstein,
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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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