I think unfortunately, the anti-human trafficking movement has gotten quite out of control. I'm kind of conflicted about this generally. I have libertarian views on the legalization of prostitution and drugs. A lot of prostitution is conducted by sex workers who are just poor and they don't want to do it. The Johns are abusive or the PIMPs are abusive so maybe that would be too much to decriminalize it and regulate it like a business.
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.