Flawed Theology
A podcast about the logical, ethical, and emotional flaws in Christianity for Exvangelicals, current believers, and anyone in between.
If your theology were wrong, wouldn't you want to know?
Hi and welcome to the Flawed Theology podcast hosted by Phil and Susie. We are both ex-Christians from vastly different backgrounds, different stories, and different paths, that all led to the same place, namely, a life without belief in a god. We hope to unpack some of the flaws in Christianity and to facilitate discussions, questions, and most importantly, critical thinking around the idea of God and religion. We are not experts. We are travelers on a journey, looking for answers and being ok with only finding more questions.
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At the end of Season 1, we wanted to connect with our listeners and create a space where you can interact with each other and ask the “dangerous questions”—the ones we were forbidden to ask about God, religion, the origins of the universe, and many others. We’d love to hear from you, so visit the Dangerous Questions Facebook Group and join the conversation.
Episodes
Jan 15, 2023
Jan 15, 2023
1 hr 10 min
Flawed Theology is back in Season 2! Phil and Susie chat about new happenings over the break, and we delve into the fascinating and telling topic of data, statistics and the inevitable rise of the religious “nones”. We also introduce two new feature segments “Flawed Theology in Real Life” and “Good Human of the Week”
Good Human of the Week | How you can be a good human and help this weeks' good human: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fireleaveshomeless
Topic Notes:
Pew research article
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/modeling-the-future-of-religion-in-america/
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/09/29/religious-switching-patterns-will-help-determine-christianitys-course-in-u-s/?fbclid=IwAR26UzBfzo7vXih1Vv63jxsj7VpxCpn-L1fWemLt96ojBOpVZxl4B9WIILs
Nun shortagehttps://abcnews.go.com/US/americas-nun-population-steep-decline/story?id=87426990
Susie's blog: https://www.flawedtheology.com/
Phil's blog: https://philqmusings.wordpress.com/
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Nov 3, 2022
Nov 3, 2022
1 hr 18 min
On this episode, Phil and Susie wrap up the inaugural season of the podcast. This episode starts with a brief discussion about the recent comments made by William Lane Craig, a popular Christian apologist, who discussed his epistemic standards for believing in Christianity. The rest of the episode is filled with Phil and Susie answering questions from listeners and a few questions for each other. Stay tuned for announcements about Season 2 and some fun developments that will be launching during the offseason.
Links referenced in the episode:
Reasonable faith: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/questions-on-quantum-mechanics-certainty-and-extreme-resistance
William Lane Craig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LRWEoTtlII
Mythvision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LRWEoTtlII
Paulogia https://youtu.be/jjHo7qDLuNE
Susie's Blog: https://www.flawedtheology.com/
Phil's Blog: https://philqmusings.wordpress.com/
Follow us on social media: @flawedtheology on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
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Oct 3, 2022
Oct 3, 2022
12 min
Get ready Flawed Theology fans, it's almost the end of Season 1! For the season finale, we are doing an "ask us anything" episode!! Send in your questions to us via email, Twitter, Instagram, or on our Facebook page. Ask us questions about deconstruction, your faith journey (or lack thereof), theology, or whatever you'd like to know that might be interesting.
Send your questions in to us via any of the below links:
flawedtheology@gmail.com
@flawedtheology on Twitter and Instagram
https://www.facebook.com/FlawedTheologyPodcast
We will do our best to answer your questions in an honest and entertaining way!!
Sep 18, 2022
Sep 18, 2022
1 hr 2 min
In today's episode, Phil and Susie delve into the concept of fear and how integral a part it plays in the life of a Christian. We will talk about how fear is the basis of christianity (and many religions), but also teaches its followers to not be afraid. It’s a dichotomy that we’d like to dissect and talk about. The belief system is based on several ways that fear is used throughout the “christianity lifecycle”.
Susie's Blog: https://www.flawedtheology.com
Phil's Blog: https://philqmusings.wordpress.com/
Podcast Website: https://www.flawedtheologypodcast.com
Follow Us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @flawedtheologypodcast
Music: "One Fine Day" and "Let the Sunshine" from Keep Calm and Podcast On; "Imagination" and "Sunshine" from LemonMusicStudio; "Alone with the Darkness" from Nature's Eye
Check our new friends at Aesthetic Atheist on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AtheistAesthetic They have amazing secular clothing and other fun items. Use Coupon Code FLAWED for 15% off anything in the shop!
Jul 29, 2022
Jul 29, 2022
1 hr 12 min
In today's episode, Susie and Phil talk with skeptic and atheist, Anthony Magnabosco. Anthony has taken the concept of Street Epistemology to another level with his YouTube conversations and has big plans to take SE to new heights and to new applications. We explore what SE is, how it can be useful beyond conversations about god belief and religion, and what Anthony has planned for the future of SE, especially with his new organization, Street Epistemology International.
All of Anthony’s links: https://linktr.ee/magnabosco
Website: https://anthonymagnabosco.com/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/magnabosco210
About SE: https://tinyurl.com/abm-se-resources
Street Epistemology International: https://streetepistemology.com/sei
SE Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfb-sNm-sTE0fZQkynr-qTu6krq68S-po
How Minds Change book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Minds-Change-Surprising-Persuasion/dp/0593190297
A Manual for Creating Atheists book: https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Creating-Atheists-Peter-Boghossian-ebook/dp/B00LKBT0MC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1659100155&sr=1-1
How to donate: https://streetepistemology.com/donate
Check our new friends at Aesthetic Atheist on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AtheistAesthetic They have amazing secular clothing and other fun items. Use Coupon Code FLAWED for 15% off anything in the shop!
Jul 8, 2022
Jul 8, 2022
48 min
In today's episode, Phil and Susie will ask the question, if the god of Christianity is the one true god, why is he so damn hard to find? We will talk about the idea of “divine hiddenness” and why a real deity, if they were all powerful, all loving, and truly wanted to save their creations, probably wouldn’t be so hard to find, but would want to be known and easily found by everyone.
Susie's Blog: https://www.flawedtheology.com
Phil's Blog: https://philqmusings.wordpress.com/
Podcast Website: https://www.flawedtheologypodcast.com
Follow Us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @flawedtheologypodcast
Music: from "Keep Calm and Podcast On" album
Show Notes
Susie's Blog post about divine hiddenness: https://www.flawedtheology.com/2022/06/why-doesnt-god-make-himself-known.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/divine-hiddenness.html
https://sufficientreasons.wordpress.com/17-2/
https://sufficientreasons.wordpress.com/29-2/
https://sufficientreasons.wordpress.com/50-2/
https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/God-Hiding
https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Seeking-God
Jun 16, 2022
Jun 16, 2022
1 hr 8 min
Phil and Susie chat more in Part 2 with Lars Cade, self taught rage learning expert in the areas of evolutionary biology, young earth creationism, and all things scientific. In this episode, we continue the conversation and talk about young earth creationism and why it's not possible, common arguments for YEC and how to debunk them, intelligent design, and Lars' doctrine of personal infallibility. We start off with a complex scientific discussion between Phoebe Buffet and noted TV paleontologist, Dr. Ross Geller, which is sure to whet your appetite for some serious learning in this episode.
Show Notes and Resources
Phil's Blog: https://philqmusings.wordpress.com/
Susie's Blog: https://www.flawedtheology.com/
(Post that explains "praying to the milk jug": https://www.flawedtheology.com/2021/11/does-prayer-work.html)
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Find Lars:
Answers to Answers in Genesis (https://www.facebook.com/groups/answers2aig/)
Deconversion Anonymous (https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion/)
Born Again Again (https://www.facebook.com/groups/bornagainagain/)
Interview on Graceful Atheist Podcast: https://gracefulatheist.com/2021/09/26/lars-and-christie-deconverted-family/
Interview on Dapper Dinosaur “Leaving Young-Earth Creationism” show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1OC_BXixg&t=140s)
Analysis of the Paleontology in the YEC film “Is Genesis History” written while still nominally a Christian (https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2017/06/26/is-genesis-history-digging-for-truth-and-coming-up-empty-handed-3/)
Learn Evolution
How Creationism Taught Me Real Science: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2vrmieg9tO3fSAhvbAsirT2VbeRQbLk7
Erika “Gutsick Gibbon’s” Five MORE Reasons Young Earth Creationism is Impossible https://youtu.be/DCJLssunrDI
Biologos Evolution Basics: https://biologos.org/articles/series/evolution-basics
The Logic of Science articles on evolution (I recommend starting with the series on evolutionary mechanisms): https://thelogicofscience.com/evolution/
A review of common misconceptions of evolution along with a good explanation of what it means: https://massivesci.com/articles/evolution-darwin-fitness-genes-selection/
How we found out evolution is true: John van Wyhe at TEDxNTU: https://youtu.be/18YwBwIK_no
May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022
1 hr 7 min
In today's episode, Susie and Phil talk with Lars Cade about some very interesting topics. We are both very interested in science and are always looking to find people who know more than we do about a given topic. Lars is essentially a self-taught guru on the topics of evolutionary biology, young earth creationism, and intelligent design. We are really excited to dig into these topics today and we hope that this will spark your interest to deepen your learning and knowledge in these areas, not only for the standpoint of being able to intelligently debate them with people who believe in YEC or ID, but also for your own personal knowledge building. There are a massive amount of links below with a bunch of information that will help you on your scientific journey.
Where You Can Find Lars:
Answers to Answers in Genesis (https://www.facebook.com/groups/answers2aig/)
Deconversion Anonymous (https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion/)
Born Again Again (https://www.facebook.com/groups/bornagainagain/)
Interview on Graceful Atheist Podcast: https://gracefulatheist.com/2021/09/26/lars-and-christie-deconverted-family/
Interview on Dapper Dinosaur “Leaving Young-Earth Creationism” show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1OC_BXixg&t=140s)
Analysis of the Paleontology in the YEC film “Is Genesis History” written while still nominally a Christian (https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2017/06/26/is-genesis-history-digging-for-truth-and-coming-up-empty-handed-3/)
Links:
Debunking YECism:100 Reasons the Earth is Old: https://ageofrocks.wordpress.com/100-reasons-the-earth-is-old/
Erika “Gutsick Gibbon’s” Top FIVE Reasons Young Earth Creationism is Impossible: https://youtu.be/T0tikAqD99M
Erika “Gutsick Gibbon’s” Five MORE Reasons Young Earth Creationism is Impossible https://youtu.be/DCJLssunrDI
Erika “Gutsick Gibbon’s” Bite Sized Busts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEje1puXuKeMdjn4i-ext68l0_1IYzlw_
How Creationism Taught Me Real Science: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2vrmieg9tO3fSAhvbAsirT2VbeRQbLk7
Warnowiaceae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warnowiaceae
Learn Evolution:Biologos Evolution Basics: https://biologos.org/articles/series/evolution-basics
The Logic of Science articles on evolution (I recommend starting with the series on evolutionary mechanisms): https://thelogicofscience.com/evolution/
A review of common misconceptions of evolution along with a good explanation of what it means: https://massivesci.com/articles/evolution-darwin-fitness-genes-selection/
How we found out evolution is true: John van Wyhe at TEDxNTU: https://youtu.be/18YwBwIK_no
About Phil
Phil is a former independent, fundamentalist Baptist pastor's kid who was quite literally, born into Christianity. He prayed the "sinner's prayer" at age 4 because he was afraid of Hell and lived the life of the "model Christian" for a very long time. He attended private Christian school from grades K-12, a one year Bible institute, and private Christian university. He has served as a camp pastor at a boy's camp, a youth leader, a college ministry leader, a worship leader at numerous churches, and filled numerous leadership positions in various churches. He currently lives in Virginia, with his wife, 4 kids, 1 dog, and 5 chickens. He is fascinated with space, enjoys tennis, soccer, throwing yoyos, cycling (indoor and outdoor) and works as an IT professional in "real life". His deconstruction journey has been long and had many twists and turns. He writes about his journey on his blog, www.philqmusings.wordpress.com.
About Susie
Susie is a recovering Missouri Synod Lutheran who has "really wanted to believe" her whole life. From an early age, she was too analytical and precocious to have a true belief, so she went through the motions of religion to not disappoint her family. Once she hit her breaking point, she tugged at a loose string of Christianity and watched it all unravel. She enjoys poking holes in the Bible and exploring the logical impossibilities of the Christian religion. Susie currently lives in Maryland with her husband, 2 kids, and 2 cats. In her free time, she loves reading, bike riding, pretending to be good at art, and learning Spanish.
Find out more about her journey on her blog: www.flawedtheology.com
People & Things We Like
Here are some links to things and people we like. Some have been guests on the show and some are just sites or organizations we want to support.
-Atheist Aesthetic Etsy Shop: A woman owned shop that has some very cool and creative secular clothing items and more.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AtheistAesthetic
-Anthony Magnabosco & Street Epistemology: Anthony was a guest on our show and has a wealth of links to engage and inform about street epistemology.
https://linktr.ee/magnabosco https://anthonymagnabosco.com https://streetepistemology.com
-April Ajoy: April and her partner, Beecher, were on our show and are digital content creators on numerous social media platforms. She uses humor to criticize elements of fundamentalist Christianity.
