215 – Rationalism and Religion, with Brandon Hendrickson

Brandon Hendrickson takes over the podcast! He interrogates Eneasz about his past, and this crazy rationalist religion idea, and introduces a vast knowledge base of secular religion development.

LINKS

Brandon’s substack, The Lost Tools of Learning

Simple square visualization to understand Bayes Theorem

SA – Yes We Have Noticed The Skulls

That’s Modalism, Patrick!

Bentham’s Bulldog substack

The Peace of Westphalia and the War on Christmas

SA – A Theory of Religion

Brandon’s googledoc with the outline of how to follow-up Christianity

Bart Campolo’s website/podcast

The Rise of Christianity (Amazon)

The Rise of Mormonism (Amazon)

Building the Benedict Option (Amazon)

SA – The Lottery of Fascinations

AskWho Casts AI

Prev Episodes with Brandon, on his ACX-Winning Book Review of The Educated Mind – 200 & 201

0:04:05 – Can Rationlists Be Theists?

0:16:13 – Eneasz’s Mysterious Jehovah’s Witness Past

0:49:48 – Why Does Eneasz Want A Rationalist Religion?

1:12:02 – The Rise of Christianity

1:36:21 – VibeCamp Debrief

1:41:57 – Guild of the Rose Update

1:43:41 – Listener Feedback

1:50:52 – Less Wrong Posts

2:17:13 – Thank the Patron



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