Phillip Goff

engaging traditional religion and other ways of engaging traditional religion that avoid these understandable worries many people have and so yeah that's what i'm exploring at the moment delving into the mystical traditions and the radical roots of all the great religions and

I mean, I think it is so important. Polarization is a deep worry. So whether you're religious or not, I think it would be good to... not end up in a situation where just one bit of society has religion and the other bit totally rejects it. I think there can be a natural balance in society between more conservative thinkers and more progressive thinkers. We've got the progressive thinkers

I mean, I think it is so important. Polarization is a deep worry. So whether you're religious or not, I think it would be good to... not end up in a situation where just one bit of society has religion and the other bit totally rejects it. I think there can be a natural balance in society between more conservative thinkers and more progressive thinkers. We've got the progressive thinkers

I mean, I think it is so important. Polarization is a deep worry. So whether you're religious or not, I think it would be good to... not end up in a situation where just one bit of society has religion and the other bit totally rejects it. I think there can be a natural balance in society between more conservative thinkers and more progressive thinkers. We've got the progressive thinkers

wanting to update in terms of new scientific or ethical discoveries, but then conservative thinkers saying, oh, hold on, don't, as you say, throw the baby out with the bathwater. Let's think what we can preserve. So there can be a natural harmony there. I think at the moment, especially in the US, maybe, religion is much more slanted towards conservative traditionalists.

wanting to update in terms of new scientific or ethical discoveries, but then conservative thinkers saying, oh, hold on, don't, as you say, throw the baby out with the bathwater. Let's think what we can preserve. So there can be a natural harmony there. I think at the moment, especially in the US, maybe, religion is much more slanted towards conservative traditionalists.

wanting to update in terms of new scientific or ethical discoveries, but then conservative thinkers saying, oh, hold on, don't, as you say, throw the baby out with the bathwater. Let's think what we can preserve. So there can be a natural harmony there. I think at the moment, especially in the US, maybe, religion is much more slanted towards conservative traditionalists.

And, you know, I don't hate conservatives, but it would be good to have a more healthy balance there. You know, just to take a concrete example, it used to be all Christians thought loaning for interest was a sin, right? In the light of our understanding of the modern economy, that's no longer held. Why haven't we had the same transition with sexuality, right?

And, you know, I don't hate conservatives, but it would be good to have a more healthy balance there. You know, just to take a concrete example, it used to be all Christians thought loaning for interest was a sin, right? In the light of our understanding of the modern economy, that's no longer held. Why haven't we had the same transition with sexuality, right?

And, you know, I don't hate conservatives, but it would be good to have a more healthy balance there. You know, just to take a concrete example, it used to be all Christians thought loaning for interest was a sin, right? In the light of our understanding of the modern economy, that's no longer held. Why haven't we had the same transition with sexuality, right?

Our modern understanding of gay attraction. I think that's because there is more of a slant in religion at the moment to conservatives against progressives. And I think people think, oh, that's what religion's always been like. But no, religion has always... reinvented itself in the light of the science and philosophy of the time. Aquinas was radically new philosophy.

Our modern understanding of gay attraction. I think that's because there is more of a slant in religion at the moment to conservatives against progressives. And I think people think, oh, that's what religion's always been like. But no, religion has always... reinvented itself in the light of the science and philosophy of the time. Aquinas was radically new philosophy.

Our modern understanding of gay attraction. I think that's because there is more of a slant in religion at the moment to conservatives against progressives. And I think people think, oh, that's what religion's always been like. But no, religion has always... reinvented itself in the light of the science and philosophy of the time. Aquinas was radically new philosophy.

The Protestant reformers, a radically new understanding of what it is to be religious, what it is to be Christian in that case. So I think, yeah, I think it's very important for polarization, whether you're religious or not, to bring a bit of a more natural balance. How do we do this? With humility. It's all about, I suppose, being happy with embracing uncertainty.

The Protestant reformers, a radically new understanding of what it is to be religious, what it is to be Christian in that case. So I think, yeah, I think it's very important for polarization, whether you're religious or not, to bring a bit of a more natural balance. How do we do this? With humility. It's all about, I suppose, being happy with embracing uncertainty.

The Protestant reformers, a radically new understanding of what it is to be religious, what it is to be Christian in that case. So I think, yeah, I think it's very important for polarization, whether you're religious or not, to bring a bit of a more natural balance. How do we do this? With humility. It's all about, I suppose, being happy with embracing uncertainty.

And I know, I can understand why that's difficult. That is difficult. Certainty would be nice, especially if we're talking about what you're going to trust in with how you're going to live your life, how you're going to engage with your community and so on. But that is the human situation. And

And I know, I can understand why that's difficult. That is difficult. Certainty would be nice, especially if we're talking about what you're going to trust in with how you're going to live your life, how you're going to engage with your community and so on. But that is the human situation. And

And I know, I can understand why that's difficult. That is difficult. Certainty would be nice, especially if we're talking about what you're going to trust in with how you're going to live your life, how you're going to engage with your community and so on. But that is the human situation. And

We need to find ways of engaging it with trust and hope rather than chasing after ephemeral uncertainty that we're never going to get. Being comfortable with uncertainty, living in the present moment.