In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, actor, comedian, and enlightened guru Pete Holmes joins Pete & Jared to talk about his interesting journey of faith and the importance of moving from reading the Bible with your head to reading it with your heart.

• Is the point of religion really to just be a good person?
• Why is “myth” is a good thing?
• Pete Holmes asks: Why didn’t Adam and Eve have sex until after they left the garden?
• What is Christianity really about?
• How do we know we are good?
• Why is it important to reconstruct after deconstruction?
• Why is an atheist God’s greatest creation?
• What is the purpose of paradox?
• Why are patience and humility essential in a life of faith?
• What are myths trying to tell us?
• How much access to reality do we really have?
• Does ultimate reality conform to the way we’ve constructed our world?
• Why do we need to stop thinking so much?
• Where should we look to know God?
• Why do we need to stop objectifying God?
• How do we disassociate with our false self?

Tweetables

Pithy, shareable, less-than-280-character statements from Pete Holmes that you can share. 

• “We’ve gotten lost in worshiping other people’s experiences.” @peteholmes
• “The way at an unknowable infinite reality is not going to be a direct line.” @peteholmes
• “Don’t worship my transformation, get to transforming yourself.” @peteholmes
• “God is seducing you by any means necessary to transform and convert your heart into your true self.” @peteholmes
• “This isn’t a holding room, this isn’t a test, this is the play of the Divine.” @peteholmes
• “We’ve created God into a thing over there so that we can think about it by virtue of how language works. But ultimate reality doesn’t conform to the way that we’ve constructed our world.” @peteholmes
• “Religion does not summarize to be a good person.” @peteholmes

Mentioned in this episode:

• Class: Genesis for Normal People (Pay What You Can!)
• Book: “Comedy, Sex, God” by Pete Holmes
• Book: “This: Becoming Free” by Michael Gungor
• Book: “Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation” by Martin Laird
• Book: “What Is The Bible?” by Rob Bell
• Book: “True Self, False Self” by Richard Rohr
• Media: Pete Holmes: Dirty Clean (HBO Special)
• Media: Pete Holmes: Crashing (HBO Series)
• Book: “How the Bible Actually Works” by Pete Enns
• Support: The Bible for Normal People Patreon

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