July 22, 2018 • 38 mins
Episode #2 in the Religion in American conversation, Dani dives right in opening up the conversation of Christianity. With 2.2 billion Christians around the world and over 1/3 of them being in the Americas, it was an obvious choice. Also having grown up in and later as a leader/teacher in Christian church, Dani felt a personal responsibility to examine the original foundation of her spirituality. The conversation isn't about the faith itself, its accuracy or correctness, but rather in its current, modern day practice and representation by pastors and preachers across the country. Megachurches, the hundreds of million dollars they take in, and their pastors are critical to this discussion. With net worth's of 40, 50, 150, and 760 million dollars, Dani asks the question - what makes these pastor's different than the "rich man" in the Bible who will have a hard time getting into heaven? And where's God in all this?
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