#807 - Alex O'Connor - Why Is Cultural Christianity On The Rise?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster. Christianity is nothing new. But it's seeing a resurgence in popularity among some unexpected groups - public intellectuals and Gen Z. What is going on that only shortly after it was cool to be an atheist, it's now cool to go to church on a Sunday again? Expect to learn whether we are actually seeing a Christian revival, if the new wave of Christianity is just right wing conservatism in disguise, whether you can ‘choose’ to believe in God, if new atheism was a failure, why there is not a current muslim revival, what happened to the gospels that were missing from the original bible, whether there's two Gods in the Old Testament and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get up to 20% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get up to 40% off Mando’s Starter Pack at https://ShopMando.com (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 50% off your first Factor Meals box at https://factormeals.com/MW50 (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Alex O'Connor. He's a
0:04.7	Youtuber, writer, and a podcaster.
0:07.4	Christianity is nothing new, but it's seeing a resurgence in popularity among some unexpected groups, public intellectuals and
0:16.0	Gen Z.
0:17.0	What is going on that only shortly after it was cool to be an atheist, it's now cool to go
0:21.9	to church on a Sunday game.
0:23.8	Expect to learn whether we are actually seeing a Christian revival, if the new wave of
0:28.4	Christianity is just right-wing conservatism in disguise, whether you can choose to believe in God, if new atheism
0:35.6	was a failure, why there is not a current Muslim revival, what happens to the Gospels that
0:41.1	were missing from the original Bible, whether there's two gods in the Old Testament, and much more.
0:48.0	I have to say, religion, I'm aware that more than half of the planet is religious religious so if you're someone who isn't
0:54.6	and you kind of forget that that's maybe the most important thing in tons of
0:58.3	people's lives around the world that's kind of me and I'm actually getting really interested in having these conversations.
1:06.3	I think that it kind of helps to fill in some of the gaps that we've been talking about with this
1:12.1	meaning crisis and people struggling and depression and community and all the rest of it.
1:16.5	And there are lots of existing solutions that have maybe been forgotten about or criticized kind of out of
1:25.3	existence for a lot of people that see themselves as rational and now there's this
1:28.4	movement coming back around where you're sort of taking it as Christianity as a productivity strategy or as like a lifestyle.
1:36.0	Very interesting and Alex is the man to talk to about this and the stories about the Old Testament and stuff are to me fascinating.
1:45.0	History of the Bible is so interesting.
1:46.8	It's just it's story time but it's real, it's real history story time.
1:51.2	It's so great.
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