#130: The Gospels 3 - The Blind, the Deaf, and the Divided

What is the mechanism by which Jesus "casts out demons" and spiritually heals people?

Greg sits down with his former philosophy professor, Jamal Lyksett to discuss his religious journey from growing up Baha'i to recently becoming Catholic.

A philosophical overview of the Sermon on the Mount from an agnostic/in-world salvation view of Christianity.

Greg sits down with local Gnostics, Taber and Jake, to discuss the intricacies of modern gnosticism and alternative modes of Christianity.

Part 1 of my philosophical analysis of the four canonical Christian gospels.If you would like to read this instead, please got my Substack.

A poem.

Hello! We are back at it again with a brief history of money. The website no longer exists by the way. Instead, go to my Substack profile or the official Substack Into the Absurd page.Background music is a mixed version of Esperanza and You Were Bigger than Life.

Dylan James joins Into the Absurd to discuss his theory of value as described in his paper "My Theory of Value" along with his paper regarding ontology "A Foray Into Ontology". Are values mere social constructs? If so, how are "values" formed? What is the difference between being and existence?To contact Dylan, please email him at [email protected] in Intro"What I Am" by Edie Brickwell & New BohemiansMy Novel:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On Death and God⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠Outro provided by Brock Tanya.

A short analysis of escaping the various prison's we find ourselves in and entering a world where we are free. Featuring the Shawshank Redemption, Buddhism, and Christianity.My Novel:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On Death and God⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Alex Tobert is the author of the book Das Ich-Paradoxon (The Paradox of Self) as well as the writer of the Left Brain Mystic publication on Substack, which I highly recommend checking out.We discussed animism, panpsychism, and the nature of consciousness.My Novel:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On Death and God⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Social Media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Outro Provided by Brock Tanya