Faithfully Religionless
Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast
Timber Hawkeye
4.8 • 907 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2017
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
On a slightly more serious note, in this podcast episode, I explain why I'm "Faithfully Religionless." Not against religion, just don't think we need one in order to be ethical or to have faith. The next episode will be shorter and more lighthearted, I promise! :)
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| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the Buddhist Boot Camp Podcast. Our intention is to awaken, enlighten, enrich, and inspire a simple and uncomplicated life. Discover the benefits of mindful living with your host, Timber Hawkeye. When I tell people that I don't have a religion, they automatically assume I don't believe in God, but man nothing could be further from the truth. |
| 0:36.0 | This episode explains why my memoir is called Faithfully Religionless. |
| 0:41.0 | You see I have a tremendous amount of faith, but it's doctrine free, with a definition of |
| 0:46.0 | God that doesn't conjure a white bearded man in the sky who dispenses blessings for good behavior |
| 0:51.5 | and condemns the bad. That's because I don't believe God does that. |
| 0:55.8 | Religion does. And as An Lamotte cleverly put it, you can safely assume you've created God in your |
| 1:01.8 | own image if it turns out that your God hates |
| 1:04.3 | the same people you do. All of the media outlets we're exposed to have |
| 1:08.8 | over-saturated the public with videos, photos, and online posts about terror, murder, and brutality with |
| 1:15.8 | so much detail that nothing shocks us anymore. |
| 1:19.5 | We've become immune to the threat of eternal damnation and religious leaders are quickly |
| 1:24.7 | realizing that they need to change their pitch if they want to keep their |
| 1:28.2 | members. Times are changing and fear doesn't sell like it used to. |
| 1:33.0 | Every day more and more people turn away from religion for one reason or another. |
| 1:38.3 | For some, it may begin with a negative experience at church, while for others the dogma of conditional acceptance simply hits too close to home. |
| 1:47.0 | I believe religion needs to quickly evolve from being exclusive to inclusive, otherwise it will inevitably make itself extinct. |
| 1:56.4 | I'm not necessarily against religion as a rule, I just don't have one, nor do I think we need |
| 2:01.8 | religion to be ethical. |
| 2:04.2 | There are wonderful churches doing great work in the world, alleviating suffering and helping us |
| 2:09.2 | in our time of need. |
| 2:10.5 | I feel bad that many of them are losing credibility through no fault of their own. |
| 2:15.0 | It's unfortunate that good religious organizations with open doors to everyone |
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