Steven Rinella
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Catholics figured it out.
A lot of other religions figured it out.
Shakers didn't go with the procreation, so they only have two practicing Shakers.
They are in their...
70s, maybe 80s.
They live in Maine, but I'm happy to report that's in the book.
But since the book has been published, you could make the argument
that Shaker's the fastest growing religion in America.
Because they doubled?
They have a 50% increase.
A third member has recently joined.
Isn't that fantastic?
They're clawing on.
Swedenborgianism.
Swedenborgianism.
It's a tough one, but it's, it's the teachings of Emmanuel Swedenborg.
And around the time that Chapman was like in his teens, early twenties, it comes over from Europe.
It comes from Sweden.
Swedenborg himself was a philosopher who in his fifties kind of got into like, I can see ghosts.
I'm talking to God.