In this episode of Sacred Tension, I’m joined by renowned New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman to talk about his new book Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says About the End. We discuss what led him out of the Christian faith, why it’s important to understand the Bible, what the Bible really says about abortion, and the consequences of a fundamentalist reading of Revelation.
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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I’m joined by fellow Satanic Temple member Murphy Fawkes to discuss our recent article defending The Satanic Temple. We give a thorough response to many of the falsehoods and conspiracies about TST.
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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I’m joined by Chalice Blythe to discuss the opening of The Satanic Temple’s abortion clinic.
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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I am joined by Chalice Blythe for a follow-up episode about the demise of Roe V Wade. Chalice and I discuss strategies and principles for long-term resistance against theocracy.
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Last month, the Supreme Court reversed Roe v Wade. People of child-bearing potential across the country — especially in States that have draconian, anti-human, theocratic goals — are feeling the debasement of returning to second-class citizenship.
This is a catastrophe, and I don’t know if it will stop at abortion. Will gay rights be next? Will other forms of necessary medical care be next? I don’t know enough about law to discern if that is on the table, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was. The future is uncertain.
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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with Matthew Kezhaya, who is the legal counsel for The Satanic Temple. We discuss The Satanic Temple’s legal battles, free speech, religious freedom, and much more.
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This month on the blog and podcast we discussed Cancel Culture, problematic online leftist spaces, and the Satanic Abortion ritual unveiled by the Satanic Temple at the beginning of the month. This generated a great deal of discussion on social media, Discord, and Patreon.
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In this episode of Sacred Tension I’m joined by Jane Essex, spokesperson for the Reproductive Rights Campaign of The Satanic Temple, to discuss TST’s controversial new abortion ritual. Learn more about the abortion ritual here.
The Satanic Temple dropped big news this week, announcing an official abortion ritual. This is significant: it allows members of TST to be exempted from oppressive and religiously motivated guidelines for abortion that violate their deeply held convictions.
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