The Two Tongues Podcast

S3E15 - Theosis - Is Jesus the Only God-man

In this episode we explore the Orthodox Christian idea of "Theosis" or "becoming God." We ask what this means and how it interplays with a seemingly contrary article of faith, that Jesus is the only God-man. How can we become God, if Jesus is the only man to accomplish such a feat. Is there a difference between incarnation and Theosis? Between you and I and Christ? We explore this through the evidence in scripture and in the words of the early Church Fathers.

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S3E14 - Trampolines, Thievery and Mystic Christianity

In this episode Chris regales us with a story of taking his kids to a trampoline park and both tongues take turns recalling childhood shoplifting experiences. This all inevitably leads to conversation about morality and Chris' last solo episode about psychedelic spirituality and Christianity. Chris does his best to justify his mystical position, while Kyle reprises his favorite role--Devil's Advocate.

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S3E13 - Becoming God - Logos and Psychedelics

In this episode Chris raves about a new thinker in the psychedelic and religious space--David Patrick Harry--of the YouTube channel "The Church of the Eternal Logos." We discuss Harry's journey through psychedelic experience to the Eastern Orthodox Church and the many, many similarities between the revelations of each path. We talk the Logos, what it is, how it relates to God and how to become God...or perhaps...we already are.

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S3E12 - Heterodoxy and the Religion of the Past

In this episode Kyle and Chris talk about Orthodox Christianity and its theology of Theosis, which sets it apart from all flavors of Christianity. This get's us into a deeper discussion about the Logos, Dr. Jordan Peterson and quantum physics. We talk the Wheeler-Dewitt equation and the great Max Plank who said: "there is no matter as such! ... This Mind is the matrix of all matter." What does it all mean? Find out here.

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S3E11 - Whitehead, the Final Word

In this episode we get more "Opinion Scholarship" from Chris on the great philosopher--Alfred North Whitehead. Chris covers the final chapters of Process and Reality, focusing on Whitehead's concept of God. In this we find God to be the union of opposites and those opposites are God and the World. We find the infinite, eternal transcendent unified with the finite, temporal and immanent. We find God and the World as completing one another; what Whitehead calls "the apotheosis of the world."

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S3E10 - The Black Face of White Supremacy

This episode couldn't help being controversial. It was a rare evening recording and so naturally, the gloves came off. We open with racial disparity in IQ and standardized testing, then move into the recent racial controversy surrounding cartoonist Scott Adams. Not to be outdone, we decide to cover religion too where we learned that the Zoroastrians see the earth as a sort of booby-trap for the Devil.

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S3E9 - From the Mouths of Babes

In this episode Chris discusses a nightmare that the psychologist Jordan Peterson's nephew shared with him. It was a typical childhood nightmare full of fear and frightening imagery, but it held a deeper meaning. Jordan describes the psychological meaning and symbolism of the dream and how he empowered his nephew to overcome his fear. I tell this story in order to tell another. My 6-year-old daughter told me a story about "fairies," which struck me with the same kind of psychological and philosophical force. It makes me ask the question, what is the Unconscious? And, is there something more to our dreams and fantasies than random, meaningless ideas and images? 

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S3E8 - We’ll Do it Live

This episode was the Two Tongues Pod's first ever live-stream. We talk Kyle's conversation with Jason from the 2Bit podcast, the always interesting subject of racism as well as our thoughts on Scott Adam's recent remarks on whether or not its ok to be "White." Chris coins the term "Opinion Scholarship" for this solo episodes and much, much more.

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S3E6 - Nothing Matters with Michio Kaku

This episode rounds out the "Nothing Matters" series, which began with Alan Watts. We delve into the mysterious world of quantum physics, the word of dark matter, dark energy and black holes. On this journey we are confronted with the "Nothingness" of the space-time vacuum with surprising results. As it turns out, "Nothingness" does not exist...or more correctly "Nothing" is "Something." Zero point energy, vacuum energy, something from nothing and the Big Bang. All this and more on this episode of the Two Tongues Podcast.

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S3E5 - The Lost Art of Debate

In this episode Chris and Kyle discuss the value of debate and the relative effectiveness of different debate styles. We focus in on a debate from the YouTube Channel "The Crucible" where George Martin of Carnism Debunked and Andrew Wilson debate whether it's moral to eat meat. Kyle and I disagree on much, but ultimately agree debate is more valuable to the audience than the participants. People only begrudgingly change their minds and dunking on folks ain't the best approach for mind-changing...but it is entertaining. 

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