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The Godcast, Episode 335: A Case Study in Female-Led Cults

Posted on July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 by Godcast

Today let’s take the first half to analyze Amy Carlson and the “Love Has Won” group. In the second half, let’s ask the question, why do some women start cults? Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegodcast/Godcast_335_FINAL.mp3 Show notes: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/love-has-won-the-cult-of-mother-god-director-qanon-amy-carlson-1235822987 https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a37417778/love-has-won-cult-amy-carlson-stroud-death https://web.archive.org/web/20230328120416/http://www.ascensionhelp.com/blog/2011/09/22/discernment-lessons-channels https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Z._Knight https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Lux_(UFO_religion) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Clare_Prophet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Hoffman https://theotakubox.com/blogs/articles/chuunibyou-eighth-grade-syndrome https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8612564 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%ABniby%C5%8D Support the show! https://verylutheran.gumroad.com/ We FINALLY have Crypto links: Bitcoin: bc1qd6fpt493f57t7t0tw4sggxetu5vqk0nsgsuy3yEthereum:…

The Godcast, Episode 333: What Screwed up the Early Church? (Hermas, Pt.1)

Posted on July 6, 2025July 6, 2025 by Godcast

An audience member asked us about the Shepherd of Hermas last week. That gives us the perfect opportunity to examine and explain how the Early Church was a dumpster fire, just like today’s Church is. Let’s read from Hermas and see how God saves souls IN SPITE of the Church, not through it. The Shepherd…

The Godcast, Episode 332: Catacomb Updates (featuring Grim)

Posted on June 29, 2025June 29, 2025 by Godcast

BIG NEWS for today, the 2025Catacomb Synod Convention resolutions are up at the VLP site! Check them out at https://verylutheran.biz/resources. Today, our Chaplain Grim joins me to go over the resolutions and talk about the new Frontline Church model. Good things are coming! Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegodcast/Godcast_332_FINAL.mp3 Support the show! https://verylutheran.gumroad.com/ Check out Myles’s new site! https://ageofruin.info/ We’ve got…

The Godcast Presents: Popcorn N’ Soda: The Prince of Egypt: Based on a True Story: Featuring Gordon Kahl: Read your Bible!

Posted on June 22, 2025June 22, 2025 by Godcast

Super’s vocal cords got jacked up in a Karate-related incident, so we don’t have a normal Godcast for you this week. But thankfully, he recorded a few days ago with Amerikaner’s own Buffalo Soldier, Gordon Kahl, on the 1998 smash hit Prince of Egypt earlier in the week. Enjoy! Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegodcast/250619_PopcornAndSodaPrinceOfEgypt.mp3 Prince of Egypt: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120794/…

The Godcast, Episode 331: Riots in the Bible

Posted on June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 by Godcast

Just in time for the “no kings” protests, let’s do a deep dive on riots in the Bible – which surprisingly has a lot to say on the matter. When is it OK? Is it ever OK? What about when /ourguys/ riot? Let’s chat about it. In the second half we answer some emails and…

The Godcast, Episode 330: Shave your Mystical Beard, Dork

Posted on June 8, 2025June 8, 2025 by Godcast

So some Eastern Orthodox priest was talking MAD SMACK against Protestantism, and a friend sent in the video asking for a live react. Send this episode to your angry neoconvert friend, we’re responding a bunch of misinformed silly “Pr0t$ t0t3s PWN’D” takes with some education and tu quoque polemic fun. Direct download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegodcast/Godcast_330_FINAL.mp3 Yes, some…

The Godcast, Episode 329: Don’t RETVRN to this TRVD1T10N

Posted on June 1, 2025June 1, 2025 by Godcast

For this week’s episode, Super and gravy master BCM have a sprawling chat about the Heaven’s Gate cult. For some inexplicable reason, there are people that actually try to defend marshall applewhite; maybe they don’t know about his lifelong tendency to be a big fat gay failure everywhere he went. Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegodcast/Godcast_329_-_30_May_2025_final.mp3 The TLDR…

The Godcast, Episode 328: Audio Essay on Noah’s Curse

Posted on May 25, 2025May 25, 2025 by Godcast

So Noah curses Canaan in Genesis 9. Was it actually a curse on Ham, Canaan’s father? Does it justify enslaving blacks, or explain their behavior? Historically, does that add up? In one of the crunchiest, most data-heavy Godcast episodes to date, let’s do a deep dive into the topic and apply it to our circumstances…

The Godcast, Episode 327: The Autism Scam

Posted on May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 by Godcast

Today Super is joined by Crux and DF to chat about autism. What is autism? What is the history of autism? Is there really a rise in the rates of autistic children, or is something else going on? Does autism even exist? How does all this affect the Church? Tune in! Direct download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegodcast/Godcast_327_-_09_May_2025_final.mp3 Video links:…

Popcorn N’ Soda: Suzume

Posted on May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 by Godcast

Maybe you’ve heard of visual novels, but have you heard of visual…visuals? Today, Super takes a look at the smash 2022 megahit Suzume, and tries to parse out what made this the fourth highest grossing anime movie of all time. Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thegodcast/2025_Popcorn_and_Soda_-_Suzume_final.mp3 Suzume: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16428256/ If you’d like to support the Godcast, Popcorn N’ Soda and/or…