Episode 183 - Ari Armstrong - Getting Over Jesus: Finding Meaning and Morals without God

<p dir="ltr">Rundown -</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:36</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">"I Give Thanks" by Dave Gunders - 08:26</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Ari Armstrong - 14:06</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Public intellectual Ari Armstrong (from Ep 126) returns, having authored a fascinating book explaining his transition from Christianity to atheism. Rooted in personal experience, Armstrong suggests readers rely more on the natural than the supernatural.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Over-Jesus-Finding-Meaning/dp/B0CKTG3D6V'>https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Over-Jesus-Finding-Meaning/dp/B0CKTG3D6V</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Author of popular Substack, Colorado Pickaxe, Armstrong questions doctrines that guided his early life and that of many millions of fellow Americans. We discuss the bloodthirsty October 7 attack of Hamas on Israel and the hostage release just accomplished.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href='https://coloradopickaxe.substack.com/'>Colorado Pickaxe | Ari Armstrong | Substack</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">The Christian and Islamic underpinnings of anti-semitism are considered. Is it right or productive to believe in heaven and hell? And to believe each venue is eternal? Can faith be a negative force? Leading to negative feelings? Can it lead to MAGA?</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Ari Armstrong favors people finding meaning through value-focused pursuits and loving relationships. Speaking primarily to young people and those questioning their faith, Armstrong brings a positive message that life can be better without the incoherence of supernaturalism. Check out his Self in Society substack too.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href='https://selfinsociety.substack.com/'>https://selfinsociety.substack.com/</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show Troubadour Dave Gunders brings great Thanksgiving music. His song, I Give Thanks, talks about the light that guides civilized societies to ring the bell of