87: On Superiority Complexes & Christian Nationalism

Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Religion

4.4 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Do I Stay Christian? Book Analysis [Part VI of V] Welcome to part IV of our exploration of Brian McLaren’s book “Do I Stay Christian”. In each of these episodes, Val and Nathan go through McLaren’s 10 compelling reasons to LEAVE institutionalized Christianity and 10 compelling reasons to STAY. In this episode the two reasons discussed to LEAVE are as follows: 7) Because Christianity is STUCK due to its “belief policing” and its accompanying resi...

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0:00.0	Hi, Latter Day struggles, friends and fans.
0:03.1	We know that navigating a faith crisis can feel overwhelming, especially when it impacts our closest relationships, our parents, our partners, and our kids.
0:13.2	That's why Valerie has created two online self-paced classes to help.
0:17.3	The first is a couple's guide to faith crisis and expansion.
0:20.7	This class is here for a partner
0:21.9	or couple who want to navigate faith shifts with mutual respect and deeper connection. Next is
0:26.8	a family's guide to mixed faith parenting. This class offers tools to help parents develop
0:30.7	greater harmony and understanding when belief differences arise within our families. Both classes are
0:35.7	packed with helpful tools and perspectives that can
0:37.9	give you hope and a way forward. So if you're looking for a little guidance on this,
0:41.6	visit laddarday struggles.com to learn more. And now let's start the show.
1:05.2	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Latter Day Struggles. This is your host, Valerie, and I have Nathan here by my side. How are you on this fine day, Nathan Hamaker?
1:14.6	Very well. How are you, Valerie Hamaker? Good. Good. So we are here today to pick up with our series on the book,
1:21.5	Do I Stay Christian with Brian McLaren, the author? And we are on part four of a five-part series.
1:32.6	So so far, what we have done is we have gone through six reasons to leave Christianity and six reasons to stay with Christianity. Okay, so what I want to do before we hit on the numbers, reasons number seven
1:38.4	and eight to leave and reasons number seven and eight to stay is Nathan, will you go ahead and just review through reasons one
1:47.5	through six that McLaren invites us to at least contemplate good reasons to leave Christianity,
1:54.3	and then reasons one through six on good reasons to stay? Sure. Take it away, my friend.
2:00.1	Number one, well, the reasons to leave.
2:02.8	Number one, because Christianity has been brutal to its mother, Judaism.
2:08.3	Number two, because it has been brutal to itself with suppression of descent.
2:14.3	Number three, because it's been brutal to the world with global imperialism and colonization.
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