Favored or Forsaken: America as a Christian Nation
Faith Adjacent
The Popcast Media Group
4.8 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this very special Favored or Forsaken episode, Knox and Erin are joined by author, co-host of Pantsuit Politics, and parenthetical enthusiast Beth Silvers to talk about America as a Christian nation. Not sure if you’re aware, but there’s a lot going on in the news right now. We’re zooming out a bit to have a conversation about whether or not America should be an expressly Christian nation. Is Christian nationalism turning people away from faith? Is a government that reflects Christian values a good or bad thing? What does it mean to squat on a take? You’ll have to listen to find out!
MENTIONS
- Beth Silvers: Instagram | Website | Listen to Pantsuit Politics Podcast | Books: I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening) and Now What?: How to Move Forward When We’re Divided (About Basically Everything)
- Source Material: Idaho Governor Candidate | Department of Interior NY Times Article Taking America Back For God by Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry
- Cosmo for Babies: 39 Reasons YM was the Best Teen Magazine
- Freakin’ Founding Fathers: Listen to Faith Adjacent: Hamilton
- Read: Inventing a Christian America by Steven Green
- Watch: The Family on Netflix
- Listen: Favored or Forsaken: Midnight Mass
- Read: The Cruelty is the Point
- We all definitely know what edema is, but learn about it here just in case.
- Faith Adjacent Book Club: Get Weird by CJ Casciotta on May 24 at 8 PM CT
FAVORED OF THE MONTH
- Knox - Amazing Bible Timeline with World History
- Beth - TV: Survivor
- Erin - Evolving Faith: Podcast | Conference
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Favorite or Forsaken. |
| 0:14.3 | I'm your host and resident Bible scholar Aaron Moot. |
| 0:17.4 | Because the Bible bench episodes are mostly looking backwards, Favorite or Forsaken is an |
| 0:20.6 | episode devoted to looking to the present and future as we consider current events through |
| 0:24.8 | the religious lens to decide if they are favorite or Forsaken. |
| 0:29.4 | Joining me on this faith-based journey as always, Max McCoy and a very special guest today, |
| 0:35.2 | Beth Silverz. |
| 0:36.2 | How are you both feeling today? |
| 0:37.5 | Are you both feeling personally favorite or forsaken? |
| 0:40.0 | Aaron, I'm feeling good. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm feeling great. |
| 0:42.0 | My guy Tom Brady just got 10 years to earn $75 million to talk about football yesterday. |
| 0:46.0 | So what? |
| 0:47.0 | That affects me. |
| 0:48.0 | None. |
| 0:49.0 | But I'm just happy for him. |
| 0:50.0 | Happy that a really rich guy just got a lot more rich. |
| 0:52.0 | I know. |
| 0:53.0 | We're happy for Tom. |
| 0:54.0 | Beth, what about you? |
| 0:55.0 | I'm delighted to be here with the two of you. |
| 0:57.4 | May is the worst month, I think, but I'm realizing that I'm handling me so much better than I |
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