1480: How to Find Peace & Meaning Amid Chaos With Bishop Robert Barron

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal speaks with Bishop Robert Barron.

Why do people seem to be feeling so bad, so divided, when objectively speaking we seem to be doing great economically? (3:35)
Why he believes claiming no religion in our youth is a recipe for deep suffering. (7:55)
Can we find objective morality without religion? (8:47)
The differences between Karl Marx and moral philosophies. (12:03)
Does this current “woke” movement have its roots in Marxism? (13:35)
What are the differences between the turmoil that is happening now, and in the 1960s and 70s? (15:25)
Why are religious institutions being attacked at the moment? (19:30)
Why are we opposed to religious freedom? (21:37)
How we are made to worship. (23:41)
The importance of asking ‘why’ to find your ultimate value. (26:17)
The connection of secularism and people wanting fewer children. (32:12)
Why the corruption of the best is the worst. (35:19)
How social media facilitates the mob mentality. (37:48)
What is the antidote to the negative side of the mob mentality? (40:58)
Why we must do what we can to stand up to the bullies. (43:37)
Are lockdowns moral? (46:00)
Why the revival of religion is what it will take to reverse the violence in our society. (48:54)
How religion tends to flourish when people are brought to certain limits. (51:16)
Why we should all perform the simple acts of love. (54:45)

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Bishop Robert Barron (@bishopbarron) Instagram
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Bishop Robert Barron – YouTube

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	You are listening to the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.
0:17.0	This is Mind Pump.
0:18.0	Now, today's episode is a fun one.
0:20.0	I got to interview Bishop Robert Barron.
0:23.0	He's a Catholic bishop.
0:25.0	He's been on the show a couple times before,
0:27.0	and he always does such a great job.
0:30.0	We always get our minds blown by some of the stuff that he talks about.
0:32.0	But in today's episode, I got real specific with him.
0:35.0	I wanted to know why we seem so divided over the past 10 years.
0:40.0	Things have gotten more partisan, extreme.
0:43.0	I mean, for all intents and purposes, of course, up until the pandemic,
0:47.0	it seemed like the numbers looked great.
0:50.0	People were making more money.
0:52.0	The average person had more wealth.
0:54.0	Race relations, although people perceive them to be worse, statistically,
0:58.0	they looked a lot better.
1:00.0	We seem to be in better position, yet everybody seems to be upset.
1:05.0	And perhaps the answer cannot be found in wealth or in government action,
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