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Still reeling from the fate of the Fullcast but excited to support this endeavor, hopefully in a monetary way. Also excited for Spencer to be the hardcore guest preacher with a spotty past who talks about his time in Leavenworth and splits up the church.

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Kinda wanna have Spencer try to start a cult, because he could

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Spencer is tailor made to be a cult leader. Unusual upbringing? Eccentric mindset? Passionate opinions not necessarily moored in reality? Potential for large beard? He checks all the boxes. :)

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I was raised muslim, am now an atheist, and know jack shit about the bible. Let's fucking do this.

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I’m a atheist of almost 10 years and I am 100% gonna listen to this

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As a Jew that spent 9+ years at a Jewish private school, I feel like I had youth group every dang day of my childhood. Would I pay to go back there, nope. Would I pay for Professor Kirk's version of religious school, absolutely - for six easy payments of $14.99, or whatever God tells you to charge.

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Please take my money.

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As a Divinity student, I am very excited for something that takes the Bible a little less seriously... I would prefer ads to a subscription since I am but a poor student

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Why not let a company sponsor an episode. I can hear it now "and just like God confused the Philistines in battle, (IT company) confused the hackers and subdued them so your business could run smooth." Or subscriptions probably.

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SHADOW JESUS ISLAND

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Boss!

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Random, but in my daily reading I just got to Galatians 5, where Paul tells people questioning his views on circumcision to “go the whole way and emasculate themselves!” I’m really looking forward to you covering this someday.

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beyond hype

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As someone raised Evangelical and whose wife was raised Mormon, I'm beyond stoked for this project. On that note, please invite Matt Brown for an episode to discuss the greatest retcon of all Biblical retcons: The Book of Mormon. Also, how Mormons are to Protestantism like that one kid who claimed to be in a fraternity when the members explicitly and repeatedly said he's not invited.

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Matt and I have discussed a pretty funny Old Testament idea, but absolutely, I'm down to hit the DLC as well

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If you do, I've got plenty of delightful contacts who'd love to discuss the LDS DLC content that can only be obtained when you pay 10% tithing at your local GameStop temple.

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If the book of Mormon is DLC where would Bahá’í and Bábism fit in?

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Are those mods?

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Those are absolutely mods that get shut down if used in multiplayer

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INCLUDING OUR SCHOOL FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY THE GAY AND ATHEIST AND MUSLIM ONES

You had gay and atheist and muslim friends? You obviously didn't grow up as Baptist as I did, sinner.

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I am a one time enthusiastic Catholic youth group member so I am excited to join in on this journey until I am damned to the pits of hell for not incorporating enough electric guitar into my worship

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I'm so damn excited for this. My broke ass will happily pay for access. Went through baptism/communion/confirmation as an Irish Catholic in Atlanta. Then I showed up at a Young Life meeting as an obnoxious high school freshman, and actually felt a spiritual connection for the first time. Youth groups and YL retreats were the source nearly all of my fondest memories as a teenager. Now I'm 20, and I couldn't identify more strongly with the term "agnostic post-christian." This is going to be fun and silly and wonderful.

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On the money front, donations seem like the only appropriate way to go (with a suggested donation level). All are welcome, but we can give what we like to support the missions of the church

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When the first newsletter starts off with some choice Thrice lyrics, I know I'm gonna be a fan

I'm sad to lose the fullcast but can't wait to hear the new podcast. I'm up for some kind of a subscriber based model

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