A Christian and an Atheist Walk into a Bar

The Creation Story and the Freedom to Disobey

July 16, 2023 Neil Newton and Philip Thompson Season 2 Episode 3
A Christian and an Atheist Walk into a Bar
The Creation Story and the Freedom to Disobey
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With both the writers and now the actors who play Neil and Phil on strike, it’s taken a while to get this episode (which was recorded on Easter Sunday 2023) out. Fortunately, the episode was completed by AI and we think you’ll notice a big improvement over the organic episodes. 

In Season 2 - Episode 3, “Neil” and “Phil” discuss the increasing brazenness around racism and fascism and explore the role disobedience plays in the story of creation and fall in Genesis. I, your Robot Overlord… uh… Neil and Phil… come to some surprising conclusions.

What we would be drinking if we were not a disembodied sentient computer program:

Phil - Blackhat Schwarz Bier, Akronym Brewing 

Neil - Tenshen red wine


What we're drinking
The Tennessee Three
Garrett Foster's murderer pardoned
Harlan Crow should maybe just buy a book
Is there a social benefit to racists being more open about their racism?
Creation, fall, and the freedom to disobey
Is it the tree a test?
Stewardship vs. domination
Humans as the disobedient animal
The creation story through the lens of exile
Cain and the freedom of relocation
Is it a fall or not?
Exile and the failure to steward the earth