S7E3 - If God Is Dead, Then What?

When we recorded “Losing Religion” last season, we aimed to explore the thoughts, motivations, & interests behind agnosticism & atheism at large.

This episode takes a different turn.

It poses more questions about the core of what we’ve largely overlooked, our natural religious instincts.

 

 

You see, there can be arguments made for the idea that the society & culture we inhabit today, is the most post-Christian society that the world has yet known.

And such society & culture does not simply suggest one where agnosticism or atheism serves as the dominant beliefs around. No.

 

 

Rather, we refer to a society whose history is ingrained in the history, culture, & practices of Christianity BUT rejects, or forgets, the beliefs of Christianity, and does not consider it the basis of either its ethics or its culture.

This is why we ask: If God is dead, then what? What happens to our religious instincts? Where do we put that religious longing?

 

 

It gets even more complex.

 

 

What does it mean if much of what Christianity teaches is forgotten or unheard of, but still practised in some way?

Do we sustain the morals and values of the Christian standard (e.g. equality), but claim those unique values and morals as our own and deny their theistic origins?

Also, might there be a paradox in that we use values and morals to easily and intellectually justify certain things that are condemned by a Christian worldview, but then we reject the basis of where those same values and morals emerged?

 

 

There are two assumptions and beliefs here that we require in order to ask or answer these questions.

One is the assumption that religion is truly a natural human instinct.

The other is that the foundation of our morals and values today are historically based on Christian values.

 

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In this episode, we were joined by @drferuke to help us make sense of the potential of living in a society where religion is lost, and what the implications of that can be.

This episode required patience, openness, and deep reflection from us, and we hope that this extends to you and that you find it thought-provoking.

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