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What’s The Real Truth About Religion? - Alex O’Connor

Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster. Christianity is nothing new. But it's seeing a resurgence in popularity among some unexpected groups - public intellectuals and Gen Z. What is going on that only shortly after it was cool to be an atheist, it's now cool to go to church on a Sunday again? Expect to learn whether we are actually seeing a Christian revival, if the new wave of Christianity is just right wing conservatism in disguise, whether you can ‘choose’ to believe in God, if new atheism was a failure, why there is not a current muslim revival, what happened to the gospels that were missing from the original bible, whether there's two Gods in the Old Testament and much more... - 0:00 Are We Seeing a Christian Revival? 07:53 What’s Causing the Rise of Cultural Christianity? 18:46 Is it Possible to Choose to Believe in God? 23:48 Has Christianity Gone Too Soft? 38:49 Experience of Visiting the Vatican 43:49 Is the Rise in Religion Just a Conservative Movement? 57:59 Christianity as a Prophylactic Against Woke 1:05:33 Why Isn’t There an Islamic Revival? 1:15:31 The Gnostic Gospels 1:27:28 The Gnostic Version of Genesis 1:35:47 Why the Bible is Compiled As it is 1:42:13 Christianity’s Antidote to the Meaning Crisis 1:52:40 Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Debate With Dawkins 1:59:59 The Figureheads of the Christian Revival 2:06:44 Important Things Ignored by the Media 2:11:24 Where to Find Alex - Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get up to 20% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get up to 40% off Mando’s Starter Pack at https://ShopMando.com (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 50% off your first Factor Meals box at https://factormeals.com/MW50 (discount automatically applied) - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Chris WilliamsonhostAlex O’Connorguest
Jul 8, 20242h 14mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 7:53

    Are We Seeing a Christian Revival?

  2. 7:53 – 18:46

    What’s Causing the Rise of Cultural Christianity?

  3. 18:46 – 23:48

    Is it Possible to Choose to Believe in God?

  4. 23:48 – 38:49

    Has Christianity Gone Too Soft?

  5. 38:49 – 43:49

    Experience of Visiting the Vatican

  6. 43:49 – 57:59

    Is the Rise in Religion Just a Conservative Movement?

  7. 57:59 – 1:05:33

    Christianity as a Prophylactic Against Woke

  8. 1:05:33 – 1:15:31

    Why Isn’t There an Islamic Revival?

  9. 1:15:31 – 1:27:28

    The Gnostic Gospels

  10. 1:27:28 – 1:35:47

    The Gnostic Version of Genesis

  11. 1:35:47 – 1:42:13

    Why the Bible is Compiled As it is

  12. 1:42:13 – 1:52:40

    Christianity’s Antidote to the Meaning Crisis

  13. 1:52:40 – 1:59:59

    Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Debate With Dawkins

  14. 1:59:59 – 2:06:44

    The Figureheads of the Christian Revival

  15. 2:06:44 – 2:11:24

    Important Things Ignored by the Media

  16. 2:11:24 – 2:14:19

    Where to Find Alex

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