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
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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