Michael Camp was an Evangelical Missionary in Africa for seven years and fully immersed and devoted to his beliefs. After a crisis of faith and some serious doubts, he began deconstructing about 20 years ago. Today, Michael has written books, hosts and produces a podcast called Spiritual Brewpub and helps others through deconstruction with his Coaching business. One of Michael's biggest passions is helping people understand that Jesus' message was not a retributive one, but a loving and kind, yet firm message of acceptance and love. His passion is to help others develop a healthy, deep spirituality without violence and fear that is so prevalent in so many Evangelical spaces. You can find his book, Breaking Bad Faith, on Amazon. Find out more about Michael and his podcast, Spiritual Brewpub here. To get on the waitlist for this Fall's Religious Rehab, please email Leslie at leslienease@gmail.com ! To donate to Leslie's fundraiser for The New Evangelicals , please click h
What if we turned the concept of fake news on politics to examining fake claims about religion? What would we discover? We'd find the DNA of ancient Christianity (i.e., Jesus’ teaching and peace movement) has suffered grave mutations that the Western Reformation never completely corrected, and in some cases, made worse. How can we know this? Through careful historical, biblical, and linguistic study. And how can the Jesus of history be authentic and much of this religion called Christianity be a scam? By an historical sleight of hand. In this episode, we discuss 12 major fake claims or scams that have been fostered by Western Christianity and ignorant adherents about popular views of the Bible, church, salvation, the cross, women, God’s character, the afterlife, the end times, sexuality, and war. Learn more how The Spiritual Brewpub can help you at: www.spiritualbrewpub.com.
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