It' In the Code Ep. 71: "Playing God"

Straight White American Jesus

Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

Politics, News

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

We’ve probably all heard the phrase “playing god,” and many of us might even have been accused of playing god. But what does it mean when someone says that? Is it different in a “secular” context than in a religious context? And why do people use this language when we’re discussing complex, contested issues? And most importantly, what does this language do? How does it work? Dan looks at these issues in this episode. Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus episodes, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Subscribe now to American Idols: https://www.axismundi.us/american-idols/ To Donate: venmo - @straightwhitejc Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyOnishi Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC SWAJ Book Recommendations - September 2023: https://bookshop.org/lists/swaj-recommends-september-2023/edit Order Brad's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Preparing-War-Extremist-Christian-Nationalism/dp/1506482163 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	AXIS MOONDY
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the series it's in the code part of the podcast straight
0:33.3	white American Jesus my name is Dan Miller professor of religion and social
0:36.9	thought at landmark college excited to be with you as always in this this
0:42.9	format for these discussions as always I want to begin by thinking those of you
0:47.0	who support us at straight white American Jesus in so many ways are patrons
0:51.6	those who as I always say suffer through the ads I don't think any of us like
0:56.0	listening to ads in streaming content but we're a self-funded show that's how
1:02.2	we do it and when you listen and suffer through those ads you keep us going so
1:06.4	thank you for that and as always thank you for those who reach out to me
1:10.2	invite anybody to do that Daniel Miller swag Daniel Miller SW AJ at gmail.com
1:15.8	I closed the gap on my email deficit my my gap between emails I received and my
1:22.0	chance to respond to them it has opened up a bit again this week as
1:26.3	academically we come into things like midterms and stuff like that but I am
1:30.9	resolved I am continuing to respond I am trying to close that gap I value
1:36.2	so much the insights questions provocative questions and responses that you
1:43.4	provide please keep them coming this series in particular depends upon you to
1:48.4	keep moving forward throw this out there I've gotten a few thoughts few ideas
1:52.7	that I'll be looking at but as we come into the holiday season I'm interested in
1:57.3	thoughts you might have for topics or themes or issues that the coded language
2:03.6	the coded practices the coded messages that we spend our time talking about in
2:09.0	this series would love to to hear if there are those that you think may be
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