59. The New Pantheon

This week, Adrian and Austin seek to understand why we follow celebrities lives and what it says about humanity. First we try to find a parallel to our own lives since we do not follow celebrities, and apply that to the same idea. We look at how the celebrities of today compare with the Greek god's of old and what we can learn from both situations. Finally we ask if following celebrities can be a good thing or is it a bad thing.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

21. Facebook: Proceed with Caution

Has your information been sold by Facebook? Adrian and Austin discuss Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent testimonies to congress about the Facebook privacy breach with data analysis group Cambridge Analytica. We discuss what Facebook is doing with our information and what we should be concerned about moving forward. Finally we determine what congress could actually do to regulate Facebook and what would be the most effective.
Read more

1. Social Media Reform

Adrian and Austin celebrate Reformation Day by discussing how we can reform social media. We discuss if we believe this is possible and what are the best ways to have a lasting impact on social media. In this episode we reference this article from The Guardian. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwxJqPvTY
Read more

83. The Fourth of July

Is celebrating the Fourth of July a good thing? This week Adrian and Austin dig into the reason we celebrate our Independence in American and how that effects how we view war. We talk about pacifism and what does that truly mean and how we live that out. Finally, we talk about what our response should be to the Fourth of July and how we become better at bringing peace. Here is the sermon referenced in this episode.   https://www.newfrontierschurch.com/beatitudes/2019/6/18/the-meek-and-non-violent-resistance-ian-ashby
Read more