Carl Medearis - Jesus vs. Christianity? (N58)

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🗓️ 10 April 2013

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Carl Medearis worked as a missionary for many years in Beirut, Lebanon and as a result is recognised as an international expert in Muslim-Christian relations. Carl has some fascinating insights into cross-cultural mission from his years of working...

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0:00.0	I think religion is stupid.
0:02.1	I think Karl Marx actually was right.
0:04.1	It drugs people.
0:05.2	It is the opiate of the masses.
0:07.1	It makes people think that they're in something that they're not actually in.
0:10.5	So in that sense, Christianity has been fooling people for 2,000 years.
0:25.3	Nomad, Christian community, mission, and the future of the church.
0:27.9	So Timbo, here we are again.
0:29.3	Nomad podcast.
0:30.5	Back again.
0:30.8	Yeah.
0:32.9	Every month's a month after month, isn't it?
0:35.3	Just four years have been doing this.
0:36.6	Well, you haven't actually, have you?
0:38.8	No, I've just, I'm a new boy. I've been doing it for. Is it you haven't actually, have you? No, I've just, I mean, you've been doing it for.
0:40.2	Is it two years now?
0:41.2	Is it, no?
0:43.7	No, two years in the summer, I think.
0:45.4	Yeah, two years in August it will be.
0:47.0	So about 18 months, maybe.
0:49.1	Time flies when you're having fun, isn't it?
0:54.6	It certainly does feel like I'm an old hat at you now. I'm not going to lie to you, Ward. I'm a little bit disappointed. Why is that?
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