Autism is my super blessing! I'm a high-school valedictorian, college graduate, world traveler, disability advocate. I'm a Unitarian Universalist. I'm a Progressive Liberal. I'm about equal rights, human rights, civil & political rights, & economic, social, &cultural rights. I do servant leadership, boundless optimism, & Oneness/Wholeness. I'm good naked & unashamed! I love positive personhood, love your neighbor as yourself, and do no harm! I'm also appropriately inappropriate! My self-ratings: NC-17, XXX, X, X18+ & TV-MA means empathy! I publish shows at 11am! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 86 days 10 hours 6 minutes
episode 48: THE CHRISTIAN AGNOSTIC part 1
"Lately, I’ve been identifying as a Christian Agnostic. For many people, these two words seem to be a contradiction. But for me, the tension created between the two seems to perfectly summarize where I stand spiritually. For most of my life, I’ve identified as a passionate follower of Jesus. I’ve been so devoted to the Christian Faith that I’ve even become a pastor, teaching others about the good news of Jesus as my vocation...
episode 49: THE CHRISTIAN AGNOSTIC PART 2 (FINAL PART) Jesus is not the same as Christ!
"A holistic, inclusive, compassionate, justice oriented Christian vision would be adopted by more Christians if more Christians more carefully understood and distinguished between the pre-Easter Jesus and the post-Easter Christ. The appearance stories in the Gospels (probably a late developing tradition for they are absent from Mark, the first Gospel written) function to bridge the gap between the historical Jesus of Nazareth and the living, cosmic Christ, linking the two together...
episode 50: The Case for Christian Agnosticism
"A friend of mine used a word today that was beyond the scope of my vocabulary. I nodded as though I understood, and our dialogue flattened out into a monologue. I don't remember what the word was, and next time I hear it, I will have no idea what it means. I missed an opportunity to learn something, and maybe to teach something, because I am afraid of the vulnerability of ignorance. To admit ignorance is to relinquish control. But ignorance is a part of the human condition...
episode 51: My rights as a non-religious person, I have a rationalist temperament, and solo-polyamory is right for me!
"Signs it might be for you Solo polyamory might be for you if: If you’re...
episode 52: 4 Ways Society Exotifies Trans Women of Color – And How You Could Treat Us Better
"Recently, I decided to disclose to a new, cis, straight friend that I’m trans.
This was a strange situation since I’ve always thought of myself as visibly trans, but this friend made cissexist assumptions about my body that suggested otherwise (“You are of the superior gender with your XX chromosomes!”).
Biting my tongue, I contemplated when to tell him that I am a trans woman and came to the decision that I would tell him if he asked me out on a date...
episode 53: Here’s the Real Reason Women Smile at Men Who Sexually Harass Us
"Why do you always engage them? If you didn’t engage them, they wouldn’t keep talking to you.”
It is nighttime and it is bitterly cold and I’m at a bus stop with my then-boyfriend. We’ve just left a performance of some sort and are trying to get home but our evening has been interrupted and it is, apparently, my fault.
An intoxicated man stands about two feet away, swaying like a thin tree in the wind, staring at me with a fixed gaze...
episode 54: 6 Abortion Myths We Need to Put to Rest Once and For All
"Close your eyes and think about the word abortion.
What are some of the first things that come to mind?
Pregnancy? Unborn fetuses? Policy makers? Crying? Grief?
I’m guessing at least one of these probably popped into your head.
Our society is filled with all kinds of mixed messages and myths about abortion...
episode 55: The Truth Behind Late-Term Abortions
"What is a late term abortion?
Late term abortions tend to refer to those performed at or after 24 weeks, although increasingly it has been used to refer to earlier procedures – those performed after just 20 weeks.
Despite public misconception, abortions performed after 20 weeks only make up about 1% of total abortions (the vast majority are within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, also called the first trimester)...
episode 56: Top 10 Myths About Transgender People
"Myth #1: Transgender people live crazy lives.
This is probably the most common misconception about trans people.
Many people incorrectly associate being transgender with automatically living an “crazy lifestyle” based on tv and in the movies. This may involve drag performance, hyper-masculine or hyper-feminine behavior, drugs, or prostitution.
Some trans people (and some non-trans people too!) engage in the above behaviors...
episode 57: Questions about religion
"Why are people and their private stories turned into the gossip column in pulpits? Why are some people having sex in church? Why are some preachers and some self-described faith-based politicians being indicted for human trafficking? Why are some people raped in church? Why are some preachers and some self-described faith-based politicians having babies with adult mistresses, teenage girls and pre-teenage girls all over North America and outside of North...