Spiritual Atheism & Religious Deconstruction (w/ Britt Hartley)

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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If belief dies, can wonder survive? Britt Hartley (author of No Nonsense Spirituality) digs into her journey from devout Mormonism to mystic atheism, her deconstruction of religious dogma, and her experience of profound nihilism after losing belief in God. THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS! Quince (FREE shipping!) 👉 ⁠⁠⁠https://www.quince.com/soulboom⁠⁠ Fetzer 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://fetzer.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ MERCH OUT NOW! https://soulboom.com/store SUBSCRIBE to our SECOND channel: @SoulBoomPresents Sign up for our newsletter! https://soulboom.com/store Watch WISDOM DUMP: https://bit.ly/WISDOMDUMP Follow us! Instagram: http://instagram.com/soulboom TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@soulboom Sponsor Soul Boom: [email protected] Work with Soul Boom: [email protected] Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: [email protected] Send fan mail! PO Box 2180 Toluca Lake, CA 91610 Shipping via UPS/FedEx? 10063 Riverside Dr PO Box 2180 Toluca Lake, CA 91610 Executive Produced by: Kartik Chainani @KartikChainani Executive Produced by: Ford Bowers, Samah Tokmachi Companion Arts Production Supervisor: Mike O'Brien Theme Music by: Marcos Moscat Channel Branding Artwork and Graphics: Jack Sjogren http://instagram.com/sjogrenjack Intro Animation by: Sophie Ansari http://instagram.com/scribbledbysophie #SoulBoom #RainnWilson #mormon #mormontok #momtok #exmormon #Spirituality #Religion #religiousdeconstruction #atheism #atheist #deconstruction #rhettandlink

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0:00.0	I lost everything when I lost God.
0:03.0	Wow, that's really dark.
0:05.0	It's very dark.
0:06.0	With the death of God was also the death of truth and the death of morality, the death of community, the death of my marriage, the death of identity.
0:14.0	Every day I was like a video game character that had no meaning and purpose and it's all stupid.
0:20.0	What were your hand holds to take you out of that?
0:22.6	There's something in my body screaming.
0:24.6	This is meaningful. You're missing something.
0:27.6	There's something meaningful here.
0:29.6	But the shift that I made was, what if I'm having a little emotions?
0:35.6	We welcome that here.
0:36.6	I know you do. I know you do.
0:38.1	I know you do.
0:39.8	Ladies and gentlemen, you saw it here.
0:42.8	An atheist has feelings.
0:43.5	I know.
0:45.6	I'm not just like a cold feeling. You've never seen it before in the history of YouTube.
0:48.2	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience.
0:52.4	I want to have conversations about a spiritual revolution.
0:55.7	Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning, and idiocy.
1:02.7	Welcome to the Soul Boom podcast.
1:09.9	Well, thank you for coming on the show, Britt, and it's a fun history of how you got here.
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