About this episode

The episode addresses challenging questions about LGBTQ+ issues from a skeptical perspective, featuring insights from a former conservative evangelical pastor.

Maybe you have a question you stopped asking out loud, because the last time you tried you got corrected on your wording or treated like the enemy. So here is something rare. Someone willing to take your hardest objection and build it stronger than you could, then give it an honest answer instead of a script. Rya spent years as a conservative evangelical pastor who held the skeptic's case and preached it from the pulpit. She has not forgotten how it sounds from the inside. She and Joe pick up...

People in this episode

Guest: Rya

Topics covered

• LGBTQ+ issues
• skepticism
• religion
• conservative views
• honest dialogue

Keywords

• LGBTQ+
• skepticism
• religion
• evangelical
• dialogue
• objections
• answers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trandescendant Podcast

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