{"id":8018,"date":"2024-02-02T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/comedy-sex-and-god-the-bible-for-normal-people\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T20:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T15:13:53","slug":"comedy-sex-and-god-the-bible-for-normal-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/comedy-sex-and-god-the-bible-for-normal-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy, Sex, and God \u2014 The Bible for Normal People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In this episode of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/peteenns.com\/podcast\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Bible for Normal People Podcast<\/em><\/a>, actor, comedian, and enlightened guru Pete Holmes joins Pete &amp; Jared to talk about his interesting journey of faith and the importance of moving from reading the Bible with your head to reading it with your heart.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is the point of religion really to just be a good person?<\/li>\n<li>Why is \u201cmyth\u201d is a good thing?<\/li>\n<li>Pete Holmes asks: Why didn\u2019t Adam and Eve have sex until after they left the garden?<\/li>\n<li>What is Christianity really about?<\/li>\n<li>How do we know we are good?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it important to reconstruct after deconstruction?<\/li>\n<li>Why is an atheist God\u2019s greatest creation?<\/li>\n<li>What is the purpose of paradox?<\/li>\n<li>Why are patience and humility essential in a life of faith?<\/li>\n<li>What are myths trying to tell us?<\/li>\n<li>How much access to reality do we really have?<\/li>\n<li>Does ultimate reality conform to the way we\u2019ve constructed our world?<\/li>\n<li>Why do we need to stop thinking so much?<\/li>\n<li>Where should we look to know God?<\/li>\n<li>Why do we need to stop objectifying God?<\/li>\n<li>How do we disassociate with our false self?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tweetables<\/strong> <\/h4>\n<p>Pithy, shareable, less-than-280-character statements from Pete Holmes that you can share.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten lost in worshiping other people\u2019s experiences.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteholmes\">@peteholmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe way at an unknowable infinite reality is not going to be a direct line.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteholmes\">@peteholmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cDon\u2019t worship my transformation, get to transforming yourself.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteholmes\">@peteholmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cGod is seducing you by any means necessary to transform and convert your heart into your true self.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteholmes\">@peteholmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis isn\u2019t a holding room, this isn\u2019t a test, this is the play of the Divine.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteholmes\">@peteholmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019ve created God into a thing over there so that we can think about it by virtue of how language works. But ultimate reality doesn\u2019t conform to the way that we\u2019ve constructed our world.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteholmes\">@peteholmes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cReligion does not summarize to be a good person.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peteholmes\">@peteholmes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mentioned in this episode:<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=ADL7661962961\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thebiblefornormalpeople.com\/interview-with-pete-holmes-comedy-sex-and-god\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=interview-with-pete-holmes-comedy-sex-and-god\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, actor, comedian, and enlightened guru Pete Holmes joins Pete &amp; Jared to talk about his interesting journey of faith and the importance of moving from reading the Bible with your head to reading it with your heart. 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