How The Image of God Made Us All Atheists (w/ Tomer Persico)

Tomer Persico, religious scholar and Israeli intellectual, talks to us (in our inaugural podcast — woohoo!) about what he considers to be one of the most impactful ideas in the modern world: The Image of God.On the agenda:* How Tomer found religion [5:16]* What is “The Image of God”? [14:38]* How St. Paul broke Judaism. [29:27]* Let there be atheism. [48:30]* The cult of authenticity and Donald Trump. [56:20]* Identity politics is just another strand of Christianity. [1:14:46]* What’s going on in Israel? [1:31:10]Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Vanessa M. Quirk and Adaam James Levin-Areddy. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to uncertain.substack.com Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe