THE ALGORITHM OF CULTURE - S03E19
MCMANUS (Formerly Mind Shift) with Erwin & Aaron McManus
Erwin McManus + Aaron McManus
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Erwin and Aaron McManus tackle a myriad of topics, spanning freedom of speech to reconnection with God, and discuss the variety of factors and influences that shape the inherent biases of the culture we live in.
Erwin and Aaron volley back and forth when discussing the validity of a voice - when should a person speak, when should they be silent, and - a more difficult distinction - when do they have the right to be heard? They break down Aaron’s frustration with a particular review of the podcast and share its evidence of entitlement.
Aaron shines a light on the struggle of the expectations placed on a pastor - he advocates that pastors can be held to greater responsibility while still being granted the leeway to fall short of perfection.
Erwin speaks against hate as the response to anything you do not love - for example, if you love one basketball team, it doesn’t require you to hate their rival. He shares the missed opportunities and narrowed capacity for joy when you choose to expend energy on hate, and challenges the listener to go down a better path.
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| 0:00.0 | And the My name is Air McManus and this is the Battle Ready podcast and I am here with my |
| 0:19.0 | incredible father. |
| 0:20.4 | And I'm Erwin McManus and it's so good to be with you buddy. it's so good to be together doing this thing. |
| 0:25.0 | So we begin today and you show me a comment on our Badm- |
| 0:29.5 | Our Badm-It was your podcast. |
| 0:31.0 | It wasn't on our podcast though. It was somewhere else, but it was a one-star review. |
| 0:35.0 | A one-star review. They went on... |
| 0:37.0 | That's better than no-stars. |
| 0:40.0 | So the fact that the comment... |
| 0:41.0 | It would take a week can get. |
| 0:42.0 | No, no, that's right. The fact that there that a comment would take all we can get. No, no, it's right. |
| 0:43.7 | The fact that there's a comment means we've actually motivated someone to think, |
| 0:48.3 | to act, to respond. |
| 0:49.5 | So that actually should be seen as a positive thing. |
| 0:52.0 | It is a positive thing. I do think it's a |
| 0:53.7 | positive thing and a lot of the comment when I find it this is the thing |
| 0:58.8 | though. Don't run to mom and dad to leave a comment. |
| 1:03.3 | What do you mean? |
| 1:04.3 | They went to Mosaics Google review or Google, |
| 1:07.6 | whatever it's called. |
| 1:08.4 | And then they appeal to me. |
| 1:09.4 | And then they appeal to you. |
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