Over two years ago, an old man at church said to me half-jokingly, “You have to indoctrinate kids when they’re young. That’s how you get converts.”
I felt sick—but said nothing. Instead, my mind became immediately reflective about when I was in Christian school. “Was I indoctrinated all those years?” And then I realized the soul-wrenching irony I was participating in: “I’m a youth leader at my church’s youth group. Am I the indoctrinator now?”
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Seamus shares how he broke free from negative emotional patterns using philosophy, psychology, and personal experience.
Maddox shares how accepting mortality after losing faith brought deeper meaning and urgency to his life.
Craig Biddle and philosopher Lance Bush dive into metaethics—exploring intrinsicism, subjectivism, and Objectivism—and what each view means for understanding “good” and “value.”
What if Christianity's promise of an afterlife is obstructing our motivation to fully live the one life we know we have? And what if living fully requires navigating obstacles like this and confronting our mortality?