Before certainty.
Beyond belief.
Rev. Raél Hadley, author of Faith Without Illusion and founder and CEO of The Unknown Institute, explores what we inherit, what we believe, and what it means to exist.
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Rev. Raél Hadley is an author, founder and CEO of The Unknown Institute, ordained minister, and metaphysical thinker exploring consciousness, inherited belief, and the ethical demands of existence.
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taking for granted?
Imperfect Transmission Theory
If transcendent reality exists, its communication through human beings is filtered by perception, language, culture, memory, emotion, politics, and time.
Examine the idea ↗02 · Desire & MeaningThe Desire Substitution Principle
A finite good becomes a substitute when it is assigned work beyond its nature: intimacy to abolish interior distance, wealth to defeat vulnerability, status to secure identity, or legacy to continue consciousness.
Examine the idea ↗03 · Love & Human ConnectionThe Tether Paradox
Love makes another person’s good matter within one’s own reasons while leaving that person a distinct center of experience. Connection establishes responsibility without erasing individuality.
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One unfolding inquiry.
Faith Without Illusion
How can finite human beings responsibly make claims about ultimate reality?
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The God They Inherited
What happens when inherited interpretations acquire authority over other people?
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The Inheritance of Existence
What does it mean to inherit a life before choice is possible?
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The conversation continues where the easy answers end.
Belief. Free will. Identity. Consciousness. The questions we carry into ordinary life, explored through conversation.
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