WOF 129: Bishop Barron Speaks at Google (Part 1 of 2)

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 28 May 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Bishop Barron was recently invited to speak at the Google headquarters (aka the Googleplex). in Mountain View, CA. He addressed a room full of Google and YouTube employees on how religion doesn't shut down the questing intellect, but in fact opens up our minds, causing us to seek the fulfillment of our deepest longings.

NOTE: This episode includes the first half of Bishop Barron's talk. We'll play the second half next week, including the post-talk Q&A with Google/YouTube employees.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.
0:07.3	I'm Brandon Vat the host, and we are super excited to share with you Bishop Barron's
0:12.3	talk at Google.
0:14.2	Now I know many of you have been wondering when this talk would be available, and I know
0:18.3	because we've received so many messages and emails and tweets asking when can we listen
0:23.6	to the talk.
0:25.0	Bishop Barron was invited to visit the Google headquarters, aka the Googleplex.
0:29.6	A few months ago to speak to Google and YouTube employees about the topic, Religion and the
0:35.0	Opening Up of the Mind.
0:37.0	It was a closed audience talk, it was not live streamed, it was not shared publicly,
0:41.6	but today we finally are able to share the talk with you.
0:45.8	This week we're going to hear the first half of his talk, which explores how religion
0:50.4	does not shut down the mind.
0:52.2	Instead, it enables the questing intellect which seeks to find the source of its deepest
0:58.7	longings.
0:59.7	Bishop Barron shows how those deepest longings ultimately converge to God.
1:04.8	Next week we'll share the second half of the episode along with the Q&A portion where
1:09.3	he took questions from Google and YouTube employees, I think you're really going to love that.
1:13.5	But for now, sit back and enjoy the first half of Bishop Barron's talk at Google.
1:18.3	Thanks.
1:25.3	Well, thank you very much.
1:29.2	Thanks for that nice introduction and it really is a delight to be here at, I mean, you all
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