Rainn Wilson

of followers of jesus i mean it's it's astonishing and you look at the dogmas that have grown up and the mistaken beliefs that have grown up and now in contemporary america so much of christianity is about making lots of money and being very militarized and there there doesn't seem to be any disconnect between guns and jesus and

of followers of jesus i mean it's it's astonishing and you look at the dogmas that have grown up and the mistaken beliefs that have grown up and now in contemporary america so much of christianity is about making lots of money and being very militarized and there there doesn't seem to be any disconnect between guns and jesus and

If you read the Bible, there's a huge disconnect between guns and what Jesus was saying, right? This isn't to point any fingers, but this is why these essentially pure spiritual ideas need refreshing every few hundred years. They need refreshing every few hundred, every few thousand years. So this is why new faiths come. Is there essentially the same message? the messages added to and moved on.

If you read the Bible, there's a huge disconnect between guns and what Jesus was saying, right? This isn't to point any fingers, but this is why these essentially pure spiritual ideas need refreshing every few hundred years. They need refreshing every few hundred, every few thousand years. So this is why new faiths come. Is there essentially the same message? the messages added to and moved on.

If you read the Bible, there's a huge disconnect between guns and what Jesus was saying, right? This isn't to point any fingers, but this is why these essentially pure spiritual ideas need refreshing every few hundred years. They need refreshing every few hundred, every few thousand years. So this is why new faiths come. Is there essentially the same message? the messages added to and moved on.

So as a Baha'i, we get to read the teachings of Baha'u'llah, right? His eldest son, Abdu'l-Baha, also a great spiritual teacher. We get to learn from them. We also read the Quran. We also read the Bible. We also read the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhammapadas of the Buddha. all of these are incorporated into one spiritual canon of truth, of beauty, and of wisdom. So how can we distinguish the dogma

So as a Baha'i, we get to read the teachings of Baha'u'llah, right? His eldest son, Abdu'l-Baha, also a great spiritual teacher. We get to learn from them. We also read the Quran. We also read the Bible. We also read the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhammapadas of the Buddha. all of these are incorporated into one spiritual canon of truth, of beauty, and of wisdom. So how can we distinguish the dogma

So as a Baha'i, we get to read the teachings of Baha'u'llah, right? His eldest son, Abdu'l-Baha, also a great spiritual teacher. We get to learn from them. We also read the Quran. We also read the Bible. We also read the Bhagavad Gita, the Dhammapadas of the Buddha. all of these are incorporated into one spiritual canon of truth, of beauty, and of wisdom. So how can we distinguish the dogma

from the beautiful truth that lies at the center of what these spiritual teachers brought. Muhammad exhorted his followers not to convert by the sword. Conversion by the sword was not allowed, actually. And very soon after his death, that became kind of the centerpiece of what it was to be a Muslim.

from the beautiful truth that lies at the center of what these spiritual teachers brought. Muhammad exhorted his followers not to convert by the sword. Conversion by the sword was not allowed, actually. And very soon after his death, that became kind of the centerpiece of what it was to be a Muslim.

from the beautiful truth that lies at the center of what these spiritual teachers brought. Muhammad exhorted his followers not to convert by the sword. Conversion by the sword was not allowed, actually. And very soon after his death, that became kind of the centerpiece of what it was to be a Muslim.

So humanity takes, warps, changes these essentially pure teachings, and we have to go back to the source. And all of those holy books I mentioned and countless more are there for us, that we have thrown the spiritual baby out with the religious bathwater. We have said, oh, gosh, I hate what Christianity is doing today. And we throw it out and we miss not only the teachings,

So humanity takes, warps, changes these essentially pure teachings, and we have to go back to the source. And all of those holy books I mentioned and countless more are there for us, that we have thrown the spiritual baby out with the religious bathwater. We have said, oh, gosh, I hate what Christianity is doing today. And we throw it out and we miss not only the teachings,

So humanity takes, warps, changes these essentially pure teachings, and we have to go back to the source. And all of those holy books I mentioned and countless more are there for us, that we have thrown the spiritual baby out with the religious bathwater. We have said, oh, gosh, I hate what Christianity is doing today. And we throw it out and we miss not only the teachings,

but so many other great mystic teachers and Thomas Aquinas and mystics and other folks, Thomas Merton, that you can draw so much energy and strength from. So I think part of the struggle for young people that are spiritual but not religious is to say, hey, Are we sure we haven't, you know, tossed everything out?

but so many other great mystic teachers and Thomas Aquinas and mystics and other folks, Thomas Merton, that you can draw so much energy and strength from. So I think part of the struggle for young people that are spiritual but not religious is to say, hey, Are we sure we haven't, you know, tossed everything out?

but so many other great mystic teachers and Thomas Aquinas and mystics and other folks, Thomas Merton, that you can draw so much energy and strength from. So I think part of the struggle for young people that are spiritual but not religious is to say, hey, Are we sure we haven't, you know, tossed everything out?

Like, let's go back to the source and really get connected from these incredible, beautiful teachers.

Like, let's go back to the source and really get connected from these incredible, beautiful teachers.

Like, let's go back to the source and really get connected from these incredible, beautiful teachers.