The Roots of Everything

For being supposedly non-religious, secular people are surprisingly interested in weird phenomenon, everything from A.I. worship to UFOs to drug-induced mystical experiences. It's almost like we're building new religions—but how new are they, really? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.c...

Can we build a god out of A.I.? As it turns out, the ancients were already doing much the same thing, and the "science of idol-making" is a recognized technique going back many centuries. Is what we're doing with A.I. the same? Are idols real creatures? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-musi...

Because modern people tend to think of ourselves as irreligious or secular, it makes the rise of new religious movements based on worshipping computers seem almost wacky and unserious. But what if I told you that this was always the goal of the modern era? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-m...

Increasing technology has also led to increasing anxiety. It's not merely that all the dystopian science-fiction stories are coming true; it's the bizarre return of ancient, religious impulses and desires now fused to our tech development—a new frontier of techno-paganism. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https:/...

Are sorcerers and scientists really aiming at the same thing? People from CS Lewis to Oswald Spengler have answered this question in the affirmative. Spengler in particular, characterizes our age as "Faustian". Are we really sorcerers? Find out on today's episode. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free...

If the gods were real but fallen, where are they now? Given a very basic set of Christian assumptions, it's not that far-fetched to imagine that the gods are still around, still very much crave worship and slaves, and having been working with humans to build a new Babel. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://w...

The second element we need to understand in our relationship to knowledge and technology is the fall of the gods and all the stories about the fallen gods giving knowledge to mankind. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) htt...

As our technological power grows, so do our concerns about the future. In this new series, Dr. Zac explores the historical and spiritual context surrounding man's relationship to technology, starting with the idea of the Dark Logos: an anti-Christ relationship to creation. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https:/...

What is Marxism, really? Is it compatible with Christianity? Is it more freeing or less? What exactly is "real" Marxism? Today, we pull up the root ideas of the Communist Manifesto to see which ideas are at the core of Marx's thinking. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Com...

Fascism is always villainized by Westerners, but what did people like Mussolini and Hitler actually say about it? Did they have a good critique of liberalism and Marxism? And if so, what's actually wrong with fascism? The answer may surprise you. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com C...

Where did the Liberal Democracy come from? It's not enough to say that it's an Enlightenment-inspired society. At it's heart, liberalism is what happens when you take a Christian vision for reality and strip it of its theological elements. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative...

Our latest series explores the concept of a secular state and its manifestations in liberalism, fascism, and marxism alike. For this first episode we explore the whole idea of the secular state, it's origins, and how these ideas have shaped our thinking about government. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://w...

Did the Enlightenment dream deliver on its promises of rational morality, utopianism, and prosperity, it did it all just lead to eugenics, global war, and nihilism? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommon...

Everyone's heard of the "Enlightenment", what exactly was it? Was it truly a triumph of reason and science, or was it the slave to its own prejudices? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses...

What exactly ended Christendom and caused the whole world to become secular? It took a few centuries, but the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and even the World Wars are all part of the story we discuss on today's episode. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attrib...

What if I told you that you are secular, that no matter how religious you are, the fact that you were born in the modern Western world means you've unavoidably inherited fundamentally secular ways of thinking about reality? Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attri...

Do you view the world correctly? If you didn't, how would you know? In discussing everything from the definition of slavery to the collapse of arranged marriages, Dr. Zac explains how the great idea of Western civilization influence us today in ways we never think about. Music attribution: History Repeats Itself by FSCM Productions | https://fscmproductions.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://w...