Episode #26: Will God Give Us A Pass For Watching The Sessions?

Ken and Todd tackle Ben Lewin’s The Sessions. Can a priest ever give you permission to sin? Does calling something therapy change what it is? Is God a bully who hates us and wants us to be miserable? Is it possible to be compassionate while still having standards?

SHOW NOTES:

0:00 - Intro, summary. "Not a prostitute."
05:15 - "God will give you a pass on this one..."
11:32 - Erring on the side of love.
14:20 - Sinning against conscience and Mark’s religious life.
23:00 - Of course sex has consequences.
29:00 - The great hubris of intellectualization.
31:00 - Overall assessment.

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