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Hard question August 5, 2024 · 1:08:54 · 9 min

The deconstruction post: guilt, vocation, and Shoney's

The hosts return to the musician's deconstruction post, postponing the full 'walking away from Jesus' segment to next week. Mike (speaker-2) argues guilt is a free-range commodity: you either earned it (repent and walk out) or stole it (you're a fool), and nobody can put guilt on you without your acceptance. Ben (speaker-0) warns about Christianity as a vocation: musicians and church staff who see how the sausage is made can taint their faith when bosses or expectations fail them, especially artistic types who expected stardom. Mike's Shoney's analogy: you can't keep eating at a restaurant where someone vomited by your table and then act surprised it turned foul, but you also can't rewrite the whole history as nothing but vomit. They land on loving God and loving people as the narrow road out of self-focus.

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