Sally Kohn: Have you heard of this woman? Al-A-L-L-A. She's the highest earner on fan only fans fans only, whatever the name of that. But anyway, she was written up by thinking Forbes are one of these magazines, making like, $100,000 a month at her peak. Right? And so I saw a debate with her and Louise Perry, who wrote that book The Case Against the Sexual Revolution. It basically told women you can have sex like a man, carefree, all the partners you want, and you'll have no guilt or any shame, and you shouldn't feel bad, do whatever you want.
Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy’s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel • the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches • Seven Mountain Mandate • how religions grow • pentecostalism and politics • the psychology of the believer • dispensationalism and the Rapture • prophecy • glossolalia • snake handling • eschatology and end-times theology • sin and redemption • prostitution • Jordan Peterson and secular religion.
Elle Hardy is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from the United States, the former USSR and North Korea, among a long list of places. Her work has appeared in GQ, Lonely Planet, Foreign Policy and Business Insider, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.