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The Comfort of Fictional Religions

Jan 12, 2023
16:38

Over at The Post-Evangelical Post, I've been writing about fictional religions for subscribers. As I wrote on 1/3/23: "When your faith of origin is also the origin of a grievous wound, there’s an odd solace to be found in knowingly made up things. Fiction, the old adage goes, is a lie that tells the truth—and there’s a lot of truth to be found in fictional religions."

This is an audio version of an essay published this week, "The Comfort of Fictional Religions: The Sensayers of Terra Ignota."

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Technical difficulties prevented me from publishing the episode planned for this week. Please let me know what you think of this shorter episode.

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