Religiosanity

Dec 08 2024 122 ep. 30 mins 19
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Talking about religion and keeping our sanity. Knowledge and humour are our best defenses against bigotry. The Rev. Andrew Stehlik, Th.D. (theologian and anthropologist) takes layperson Peter Rinaldi on deep dives into the sources of religious phenomena. We are talking about religion honestly, respectfully and humbly. #Religion #Anthropology #Science #History #antibigotry

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Episode 122: "Hey Hey Jesus"

Dec 08 2024 31 mins  
Pastor Andrew is back from vacation with a report on the phenomenon that is "Christian Radio." This sugary, junk food-like delivery of the gospel message is, in a strange (and slightly scary) way, fascinating to him, but absolutely intolerable to his wife.

Episode 121: Deep human prehistory

Aug 30 2024 27 mins  
Recognition of the deep human history and prehistory can have a profound influence on our spirituality and religion. Humans like us (with same capacities of thinking and feeling have been on our planet for roughly 200,000 years. History starts with writing in Summer and Egypt just about 6,000 years ago. Christianity is only 2,000 years old and Judaism in its biblical format perhap

Episode 120: NO to public displays of the Ten Commandments!

Aug 23 2024 24 mins  
Pastor Andrew returns again to the topic of the state of Louisiana making it a law to have the 10 Commandments on display in all schools. He posits "Tell me which 10 Commandments you read and I'll tell you who you are." By censoring the very first commandment, they are showing exactly what kind of Christians they are, namely ones interesting in enslavement rather than setting their

Episode 119: The Last Word On The Last Supper Controversy

Aug 07 2024 29 mins  
A moment in France's olympic opening ceremony was deemed blasphemous and mocking of Jesus and the Christian religion. The outcry was so loud and vast that the Olympic officials had to give press conferences about it, and eventually removed the clip from view online. The fervor has finally died down. Now we need Pastor Andrew to weigh in on this most potent form of "Religio-insanity

Episode 118: Birds in the Bible and Ancient Texts (Part 2)

Aug 02 2024 15 mins  
Birds in the New Testament - and some less known mythical antecedents of well known Jesus' logia (sayings and parables)

Episode 117: Endless 10 Commandments

Jul 05 2024 37 mins  
Public displays of the 10 Commandments are back!!!!!! And Pastor Andrew is more angry about it than ever. On this episode, he discusses how this phenomenon is offensive on many different levels, not just with fundamentalists pushing their religion on others, but also theologically frustrating being that there isn't just one set of 10 Commandments, not even in the Hebrew bible itsel

Episode 116: Birds in the Bible and Ancient Texts (Part 1)

Jun 08 2024 28 mins  
An offhanded remark about the salvation of birds prompts Pastor Andrew to come to this episode with some examples, from the Bible and ancient texts, of the wisdom, cunning, and dare we say, faith of our winged friends, which leads to a larger discussion of what has led humans to feel a superiority to animals, and the Christian implication in this.

Episode 115: Agnostic theologians?

May 18 2024 22 mins  
Biblical scholarship is slowly replacing the discipline of Biblical theology. More and more biblical scholars find themselves outside of the straitjacket of church dogmas and practice. Their lack of dogma yields a richer and robust understanding of the deep roots of religious history and thought.

Episode 114: Ask The Pastor Anything (2nd Edition)

Mar 15 2024 63 mins  
Pastor Andrew is back LIVE with host Peter Rinaldi for the 2nd edition of ASK THE PASTOR ANYTHING (about the Bible of Ancient Times). Favorite theologians, Do pets go to heaven, Christianity in the days of Slavery, miracles as myth, and much much more! This event was recording live at Rutgers Presbyterian Church on Tuesday March 5th.

Episode 113: A Personal Spiritual Realignment

Feb 02 2024 30 mins  
On this episode, Pastor Andrew describes, and begins to process, a spiritual crisis, or a personal spiritual realignment, that has to do with the Old Testament.