Losing Our Religion

Christian is a natural critical thinker, learner, who candidly and clearly shares his journey of growing to understand love.  Romance, religion, experience, science, and psychology all give us definitions of love, but is there a definition that makes sense for all of us? Do our personal definitions of love cause us to put expectations on others? Why do we consistently see only our idea of love as the truth? This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Falling by Christian Grinds. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society.  

Join the steamy ride of our continued conversation from the last episode. A hilarious whirlwind through feminism, the women’s march, climate change, World War 3, the optimist viewpoint of Donald Trump being president, the problem with hell, and saving social media.  Don’t forget, hip hop, and a comedian moving into the rap game. CONTACT DANIEL O'CONNELL Twitter: @DanielofConnell & Facebook   This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: My First Thing by Daniel "Tiny Wine" O'Connell This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society.

This is a roller coaster of comedic conversation through topics of Revolution? Rebellion? Questioning Sexuality? Are We Gay? Maybe I’m Gay? Butt Stuff? Cocaine rules? Engaging oppression? Growing in empathy? Rules for cocaine? And so much more! LOL This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Low Budget Cable Sketch Comedy Show Instrumental Theme Song by We're Late For Class, and Onions by Mega Gem. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society.

This episode is about millennials with millennials.  We talk about FAKE NEWS, the Millennial generation, technology, the NSA, finding truth, Bernie Sanders, the future of the world, America, and you.  I (Zac) am so encouraged by millennials, especially Braden and Frances. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: UFO Party by MrJuan, and CIA Man by Half Cocked. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO START LISTENING TO MILLENNIALS! I (Zac) am a GenXer, and I'm tired of people shitting on Millennials. When I was young, they called us "lazy idealists," today I heard us called the "Middle Child Generation. Now their calling Millennials all sorts of things. Well, I think it's time to sit down and learn from Millennials. Braden and I talk about religion, politics, education, social change and more. SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 This Episode's Show Notes Music featured on this episode: Quiet Village by Martin Denny, Eevee Cassette Mixtape, and Invincible by DEAF KEV. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society.

A few weeks ago I was invited to speak at a Christian Outreach Ministry and be a guest on their podcast. The topic they asked me to address? Evangelicalism Vs Jesus. I was nervous, but excited to again be talking with "Christians." The talk went great, and the interview was really encouraging. But the podcast never posted, and upon further review of what I shared, the "powers that be" decided it was too controversial to post. Well, we got a hold of the recording and decided to post it for you to listen too. Decide for yourself. SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 This Episode's Show Notes Music featured on this episode: Quiet Village by Martin Denny and Rejectology By I vs. Nature This podcast is produced by select produc

In this episode, we dive into Rejyna’s Christianity.  As well as her Trans* journey.  One of the beautiful things about this episode is how fluid the conversation goes from storytelling to questioning, to explanation, to reflective open-ended free thought about life, religion, and being free from boxes of expectation and relationship. SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 This Episode's Show Notes Music featured on this episode: Quacky Waddlesworth (Instrumental) and Dark Metal Winter (Winter's Dying) By Rejyna This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society.

In just a few seconds into this conversation, you're going to understand why I hit it off and fell in love with Rejyna.  Her infectious voice, joyful embrace, solid wisdom, and experience, especially in the music industry made this into a roller coaster ride of conversational beauty. She's a long time talented musician, entertainment industry professional, Christian, Parent, and Trans*.  But those are just labels, and labels do little but limit our experience of the person.  She loves neuroscience, and we get into a great discussion around staying mentally fresh and never aging. SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 This Episode's Show Notes Music featured on this episode: Android Pageant (Instrumental) and Common Voice (Go

We jump right back into it with Grace continuing her story of what it was like letting her Christian friends know about her relationship with Dave, the baby eating Atheist. What’s so beautiful about their story is how their differing beliefs created a safe space for them to each ask the hard questions of each other and not only compromise but grow together. Dave and Grace end the show with some amazing advice and helpful experiences for other Atheists, Muslims, Christians, or Heathens (insert ideological difference here) that may be engaging and pursuing a relationship with someone outside of their religion. SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal   JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395-5608 This Episode's Show Notes Music featured on this episode: Honeys Pie by Wake 

A man loves a woman, so an Atheist marries a Christian. Grace (a Christian) meets Dave (an Atheist), they work through their differences, become friends, fall in love, and get married. Is that allowed? Does it matter? How did they do it? What about their families? One evening in Whittier California, Dave and Grace had me over for dinner and drinks at their place to talk about their relationship, marriage, and story of joining despite their different beliefs. Dave and I get into logic, and I keep cutting off Grace before she speaks. But don't worry, we stop pontificating she chimes in and tells the story her way and with beautiful transparency and candor, just as someone with the name is Grace should.   SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE Auidible.com BOOK & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Follow on Twitter & Instagram. Join our Facebook Call the 'Losers Anonymous' Hotline: 206-395

Patrick and I engage in a revealing and transparent conversation about our personal struggles of growth in our lives, our marriages, and how we’re engaging the non-work work of embracing our emotions, feelings, pasts, pains and doing that together with our spouses moving toward the future. Patrick is also working through coming to the end of his soccer career and answering the hard questions like, What do I do now? What do I want to do with my life? All the while I am still coming through leaving the pastorship and finding my way in life through this podcast. Patrick Ianni is married with two kids, a NCAA All-American, U.S. Olympian and Major League Soccer standout. But what makes him wonderful to us is his humility, his embracing of his own humanity, and his willingness to share his life so transparently for those that will listen to these episodes with him. SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE Auidible.com BOOK & SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal JOIN US Joi

This is a timely episode as we move through the political changes of a “Trump America.” How do we deal with the pain, suffering, and triggering others cause us? That we cause ourselves? Can we remain healthy in such a violent and volatile space? If so, how? Patrick shares his story with beautiful openness and transparency. His hilarious and traumatic stories of healing from religion, family, coaches, bosses are common to us all. What’s the key factor in us learning, growing, forgiving, and moving through trauma in our lives? This episode holds a great key for how Patrick is growing through his own human experience. I am so grateful he shared because it helped me tremendously. Patrick Ianni is married with two kids, a NCAA All-American, U.S. Olympian and Major League Soccer standout. But what makes him wonderful to us is his humility, his embracing of his own humanity, and his willingness to share his life so transparently for those that will listen to these episodes with him. RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME

This continuation of Ron's story reminds us that it is ok to be angry.  In fact, it's downright therapeutic.  Anger is an emotion that helps us relieve stress, gives us the motivation to solve problems and provides a way, through healthy expression, to discuss our negative feelings.  Religion often forces us to stuff emotions like anger.  It's time to let it out. Ron Smith is a 6'8" pleasure to be around. We converse around punk rock, spiritual abuse, abuse, atheism, agnosticism, Catholicism, being bitter and angry, and finding joy in our now, lives of liberality. Ron was born and raised on the Indianapolis' east side to an interesting kind of Christian home. My father was a working class Immanuel Kant, and my mother a sharp-tongued Voltaire who was, and still is, cynical towards organized religion. After years of wandering around the country, Ron finally finished school earning his degree in Literature and Religion; and met his soul sister, Jack Kerouac. Ron defines himself as a religious seeker who dances b

Ron Smith is a 6'8" pleasure to be around. We converse around punk rock, spiritual abuse, abuse, atheism, agnosticism, Catholicism, being bitter and angry, and finding joy in our now, lives of liberality. Ron was born and raised on the Indianapolis' east side to an interesting kind of Christian home. My father was a working class Immanuel Kant, and my mother a sharp-tongued Voltaire who was, and still is, cynical towards organized religion. After years of wandering around the country, Ron finally finished school earning his degree in Literature and Religion; and met his soul sister, Jack Kerouac. Ron defines himself as a religious seeker who dances between Zen Buddhism and Catholicism, but, at the moment, identifies as a liberal Catholic; and quite fortunate to find an inclusive Catholic Church on Indy's northwest side. Currently, he's doing the work thing, reading, and writing for himself and a friend who has an independent local magazine. On a side note, the way he goes at organized religion, people have as

We continue with Ray Gilford's story in this episode. Diving into his life as an introvert. Introversion and religion do not mix well. At least not in corporate America or within American religion. Where is Ray now? What has his past and inquisitiveness led too? Hear his beautiful story now. CounterCulture Society

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Ray is a former institutional machine cog like many of us.  He described his Christianity to have been like that of a chronic seeker.  He did a deep dive into Christianity, attended seven different congregations, and was baptized three times.  Now he has taken the plunge down the rabbit hole embracing the questioning of everything.  Conspiracy theory, Christian teachings, the formation of America, the Bible, the Apocrypha, the lost books of the Bible, and more. LISTEN ON iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeart

Jen and I sit down and run through our 2016 with you while listening to music, drinking tasty beverages, sharing candidly about where we are at in our lives together, regarding,  religion, politics, family, having children, and our hopes for the upcoming New Year.  Not to mention, arguing about the difference between introvert and extrovert. This is our second time doing a holiday special on the podcast, perhaps now it is an annual tradition! The holidays and Christmas are not awesome for everyone.  We take the time to share our personal struggles, family struggles, and the answers we find for ourselves despite all the drama of the holidays. LISTEN ON iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeart

Alf Herigstad, an Asatru Gothi, whose Kindred have dropped the Asatru moniker and landed on Heathen.  He is a Heathen Gothi (Preist) who shares his story and experiences with us.  A carry over from the last episode, Alf grabs his Rune Stones and prepares to read my rune draw.  As a bonus, he invited me to attend his Kindred’s Yule Blót this last weekend.  Was I ready to attend my first heathen blood sacrifice ritual to the gods?  Find out in this week's episode, plus bonus material about my experience at the Yule Blót as I recorded my thoughts on my drive to and from the Blót. LISTEN ON iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeart

Alf Herigstad, he was on the path to be a Pentecostal demon hunting preacher when he became a Norwegian Reality TV Star (Alt For Norge, Season 3) where he found the spiritual path of his ancestors and then becomes an Asatru Gothi. Not in this particular order necessarily, but you get the idea. I ask Alf to chat with me over mead and beers to teach me the ways of Norse Folk Life. Words like pagan, heathen, and diviner are discussed as I try not to shit my pants. I'm a former Christian for heaven sake; I'm not ready for this!  Haha, yeah right! He patiently tells me his story, and we find a lot of great connections, spiritual and otherwise. As we end the show Alf invites me to come and experience a Yule Blót and I am curious about him reading my stones, my Rune Stones that is. LISTEN ON iTunes | Soundcloud | Stitcher | Google Play | TuneIn | iHeart