Why Is Cultural Christianity On The Rise? - Alex O'Connor - #807

About this episode

Alex O’Connor is a YouTuber, writer and a podcaster. Christianity is nothing new. But it's seeing a resurgence in popularity among some unexpected groups - public intellectuals and Gen Z. What is going on that only shortly after it was cool to be an atheist, it's now cool to go to church on a Sunday again? Expect to learn whether we are actually seeing a Christian revival, if the new wave of Christianity is just right wing conservatism in disguise, whether you can ‘choose’ to believe in God, if new atheism was a failure, why there is not a current muslim revival, what happened to the gospels that were missing from the original bible, whether there's two Gods in the Old Testament and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get up to 20% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get up to 40% off Mando’s Starter Pack at https://ShopMando.com (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 50% off your first Factor Meals box at https://factormeals.com/MW50 (automatically applied at checkout) Timestamps: (0:00) Are We Seeing a Christian Revival? (07:53) What’s Causing the Rise of Cultural Christianity? (18:46) Is it Possible to Choose to Believe in God? (23:48) Has Christianity Gone Too Soft? (38:49) Experience of Visiting the Vatican (43:49) Is the Rise in Religion Just a Conservative Movement? (57:59) Christianity as a Prophylactic Against Woke (01:05:33) Why Isn’t There an Islamic Revival? (01:15:31) The Gnostic Gospels (01:27:28) The Gnostic Version of Genesis (01:35:47) Why the Bible is Compiled As it is (01:42:13) Christianity’s Antidote to the Meaning Crisis (01:52:40) Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Debate With Dawkins (01:59:59) The Figureheads of the Christian Revival (02:06:44) Important Things Ignored by the Media (02:11:24) Where to Find Alex Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices