The Prodigal Church

Posted on Sun 14 June 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with christianity, apologetics, christian nationalism, evolution, alex o'connor, rhett mclaughlin, good mythical morning, faith, reason, church attendance, politics, jesus, paul, colossians, 1 corinthians, hebrews, philip goff, dale allison, marian apparitions, rainbow body, temptation of christ, render to caesar, biblical literalism, deconstruction, podcasts

The Prodigal Church

Former evangelical Rhett McLaughlin visits Alex O'Connor's podcast to offer three pieces of advice for a church having a cultural moment. The advice arrives in the form of a three-point sermon—which is either extremely on-brand or the whole problem—and turns out to be more devastating than any atheist argument on record.


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Before Abraham Was This Website

Posted on Sun 07 June 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with bible, gospels, new testament, textual criticism, source criticism, synoptic problem, gnostic gospels, jesus, alex o'connor, rainn wilson, soul boom, biblical scholarship, gospel of thomas, john, forgery, podcasts

Before Abraham Was This Website

Philosopher Alex O'Connor and Rainn Wilson set out to discuss consciousness on the Soul Boom podcast and spend 45 minutes on the Bible instead—covering the Synoptic problem, the Gnostic expanded universe, a forgery caught by a website typo, and whether the Gospel of John is doing something the other three Gospels aren't. Loki, who has read all four in the original Greek, remains uncertain.


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