Jaden Joseph returns. Last time, on top of a mountain, he said he wanted to be asked about his faith. So I asked.

After partway through reading the Old Testament, he spent three nights in ayahuasca ceremonies in the Costa Rican jungle and came out a Christian. I've recently finished 30 days of pretending God is real, trying to logic my way into faith, and somewhere in this conversation I admitted I think I'm becoming one too.

We got into whether a profound experience can count as evidence, what faith costs in public, and why he thinks the intellect is the wrong tool for the job.

• Gradual exploration, then a bang in the jungle
• Is profundity the same as truth?
• Faith is belief beyond evidence
• The deadlift, not the bicep curl
• What it costs to be publicly Christian
• What happens when logic is your God
• Self-improvement vs. self-discovery

If you're trying to think your way into faith, start here.

Jaden's story is his own experience, not an endorsement of psychedelic use.

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Watch Our First Conversation Together Here:
https://youtu.be/9PCdaYbWZh8

Music by Isaac Haines:
https://isaachaines.ca/

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Timestamps

00:00-01:38 Intro01:38-02:38 Faith strong enough to cost you something02:38-05:47 Thirty days of pretending God is real05:47-11:40 Partway through the Old Testament, then off to Costa Rica11:40-21:45 The experience that made Jaden a Christian21:45-22:56 Is profundity the same as truth?22:56-28:07 Why the believer loses every debate to the rationalist28:07-33:02 Would I trade truth for a better life?33:02-34:15 "I think I'm becoming a Christian"34:15-45:30 What it costs to be publicly Christian45:30-58:35 What am I actually afraid to surrender?58:35-01:07:09 Realizing that my God is logic01:07:09-01:15:42 You can hear your heart when your mind is quiet01:15:42-01:26:30 Self-improvement assumes something is wrong with you01:26:30-01:29:43 The question Jaden hasn't answered yet01:29:43-01:30:22 Outro