Is this a crossover episode?! This week Eric will be joined by long time friend of the show and all around sweet guy Secular Rarity! This is (surprisingly!) the FIRST time we've hosted a show together and we're really excited!
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TIME STAMPS & CALL NOTES
00:00 - Introducing Secular Rarity!
07:12 - Sarah (She/Her) WA - Can I pull ideals from religions into my secular life?
26:59 - Nick (He/Him) UT - Supporting public figures that tithe to harmful churches.
38:30 - Red (They/Them) TX - Atheists, Pagans, and Imaginary Friends
55:46 - Jesse (He/Him) WA - Should we use labels that most people can’t define?
1:12:16 - Chas (He/Him) AZ - Putting the Atheo in Atheopagan
1:37:58 - Steve (He/Him) NY - Antitheism VS Pluralism
2:07:23 - Outro, superchats, final discussion

07:12
Sarah wants to know if it’s okay to find good things from religion and bring them into her secular life. Secular Rarity and her talk about buddhism and some of its practices, then SR, Eric, and Sarah talk about collecting rocks. Eric asks some questions about Buddhism and supernatural claims.

26:59
Nick wants to talk about Brandon Sanderson, and other public figures, being religious and whether or not it’s okay to support them by purchasing their products if we know they are tithing to organizations that lobby for harmful political policies. SR and Eric talk to him about perfect morality and ethical consumption.

38:30
Red wants to follow up with Eric about a previous conversation they had with him. Eric had previously recommended to them a pagan community in TX. Red checked it out and learned about atheopaganism. They want to know if they are still considered an atheist if they are talking to “gods” which are imaginary friends, and they don’t believe they are necessarily real but also don’t know they aren’t real.

55:46
Jesse wants to do a friendly nitpick about labels. He heard Secular Rarity identify as a theological non-cognitivist and he has a small bone to pick about using the label without actually telling people what the labels mean. Eric and Secular Rarity have a conversation with him about how the labels can be helpful. After the caller hangs up, Eric and SR have a friendly conversation where Eric is challenging theological non-cognitivism.

1:12:16
Chas thanks Eric for being there during a dark time. He has a different perspective of atheopaganism than Red, the previous caller, and he elucidates his perspective and how he came to this place in his religion.

1:37:58
Steve was the first atheopagan caller. He wants to talk about anti-theism vs pluralism, he advocates for pluralism and provides some opinions about supremacist religions and gives details about a pagan group that is run by a white nationalist.
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