Unbelief

Mar 04 2025 40 ep. 42 mins 14
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The Unbelief Podcast is your space to question, explore, and release the beliefs that no longer serve you—or maybe even caused harm. Hosted by Jeremy Steele, the Skeptic Pastor, this podcast dives deep into deconstruction, offering progressive and thoughtful insights on ancient spiritual texts like the Bible. Through interviews with leading scholars and candid conversations with those navigating their own faith journeys, the Unbelief Podcast invites you to rethink, rediscover, and rebuild your spirituality on your own terms. If you've ever felt disillusioned by what you were told to believe, this is the podcast for you.

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From Church Pews to the Solstice - a Theatre Kid Rediscovers God

Mar 04 2025 43 mins  
She loved church. The rituals, the architecture, the sacred feeling of it all. But then came seminary—a place where evangelical theology goes to die. We talk about how actual biblical study led her to deconstruction, how Celtic spirituality filled the void, and why she now finds God in nature, ritual, and yes—even the theatre.

No, the Bible Doesn’t Say Being Queer Is a Sin—Let’s Prove It (also it's Pro-Trans)

Mar 01 2025 53 mins  
Step one: debunk every anti-LGBTQ verse with actual biblical scholarship. Step two: show how the Bible is pro-trans. Step three: remind ourselves that forcing ancient cultural norms onto modern society is a terrible idea. This week, we’re breaking down why the Bible’s big-picture message is radical inclusivity—no matter how hard fundamentalists try to make it about exclusion.

Southern Baptist Illuminati outs a Gay Deacon and Ruins His Life

Feb 27 2025 46 mins  
Austin was just living his life—deconstructing, working as a deacon, and making spicy tweets—when the Southern Baptist Illuminati™ (okay, not their real name, but might as well be) outed him to his church who fired him and kept ruining his life. But plot twist: when evangelicals cast him out, the LGBTQ community did something wild—they actually acted like Jesus. This is the

Snakes, Plagues, and Denial—The Real Exodus Story

Feb 22 2025 10 mins  
It starts with a giant snake, gets messy with blood and frogs, and finishes off with gnats and flies—classic Exodus chaos. But what if these plagues aren’t just about punishing Egypt? We explore how God partners with humanity to tackle big issues and why embracing your weak spots might be your own personal plague-buster.

A Reformed Southern Baptist Comes Out - Yeah, You Read that Right

Feb 19 2025 49 mins  
You know what’s fun? Realizing your theology says you’re predestined for hell and still showing up for staff meetings. Austin tells us about growing up as a reformed Southern Baptist, discovering he was gay, and trying to survive church life while slowly coming out. It’s deconstruction with a side of existential dread—and the fallout’s just getting started.

The Bible: Now with 100% More Dysfunctional Families and Insecure Leaders

Feb 15 2025 33 mins  
God reminds Moses of His promises, but Moses is still struggling—this time, with his old insecurities and a speech impediment that won’t stop haunting him. In this episode, we unpack how faith doesn’t erase your wounds, why biblical families were an absolute trainwreck, and how evangelicals’ obsession with the ‘perfect family’ completely misses the point.

How to not Suck as a Christian

Feb 10 2025 35 mins  
Evangelicals love a good debate, but maybe we should just stop arguing and start being decent humans instead. In this episode, we dive into my book How to Not Suck as a Christian and talk about why apologetics is a waste of time, how to avoid churches that only pretend to be affirming, and how to rebuild a spiritual life after religious trauma without all the baggage.

How to Make an Authoritarian Really Mad

Feb 08 2025 29 mins  
Lesson of the day: If you want to make an authoritarian really mad, tell them they’re not actually in charge. Moses demands freedom, Pharaoh retaliates, and things get significantly worse before they get better. We talk about the politics of power, why reading the room matters, and why sometimes, yelling at God is theologically sound.

Time is a Lie, the Universe is a Mess and Religion is a Paradox

Feb 04 2025 56 mins  
Time is fake, particles don’t know what they are, and reality is a mess—but don’t worry, your GPS still works. In this episode, astrophysicist Brian Jones joins us to explain why everything we think we know about time, space, and even spirituality might be wrong. Get ready for a wild ride through relativity, quantum weirdness, and why the universe refuses to make sense.

Moses, Murder, and a Mystery Foreskin

Feb 01 2025 44 mins  
Nothing says ‘divine calling’ like running from murder charges, getting ambushed by God, and being saved by your wife wielding a freshly cut foreskin. Exodus 4 gets WEIRD, and we’re here to make sense of (or at least laugh at) it.