S2 E15: Caleb Jacobson: A Journey to Agnosticism

Liminal Living

What happens when a pastor’s kid and a worship leader from a Marshill satellite in Seattle becomes an Agnostic? Today on the podcast I talk with long time friend, Caleb Jacobson. Caleb comes from a conservative evangelical background, is a pastor's kid in a family with a heritage of pastoral vocation. Caleb had an existential crisis with his faith, hit a reset button on belief, and reconstructed what he could. He left the pastorate and left the faith and became an Agnostic. I think that it is important to learn of all kinds of Liminal experiences and stories and practice empathy and understanding. I remain curious and ask questions seeking to understand Caleb’s perspectives and learn along the way. I hope you do as well.

Time Stamps for this episode:
2:21: Introduction
4:18: Rockstar for Jesus
9:16: Working at Marshill
14:45: Cleaning the slate of all belief
19:36: Journeying toward Atheism, stopping at Agnosticism
24:08: Questioning the Christian Worldview indoctrination
28:05: Being Ok with the discomfort of unbelief
31:25: Why Atheism and not progressive Christianity?
36:22: Finding peace
41:05: Fear of Death and life eternal
46:53: What is life after death?
51:49: Liminal Living Practice of mindful meditation
56:02: How’d your family take this?
1:01:46 Conclusions

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