Insights Into Teens: Episode 71 “Q&A Series: Existential and Philosophical Questions”

• Introductions
  • Insights Into Teens Episode 71 “Q&A Series: Existential and philosophical questions”
  • My delightful and exuberant co-host Madison Whalen
      
• Hypothetical and Existential Questions
  • Would you rather be five years younger or five years older?
  • Would you rather live on the beach or in the mountains?
  • If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
  • If you could be any animal, which one would you be?
  • Is it ever okay to lie?
  • What would your weapon of choice be if you were in a zombie apocalypse scenario?
  • If you could have any super power, which one would you choose and why?
  • If you could travel anywhere in the world, all expenses paid, where would you go?
  • If you were given the chance to become immortal, would you take it? Why or why not?
  • If it were up to you, how would you change the world?
  • If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
  • If your life had a theme song, what would it be and why?
  • If you could watch only one movie for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
  • What would you want to be famous for?
  • What would you like people to say about you after you die?
  • Do you ever wish you could go back in time and be a little kid again?
  • Is there life on other planets? What is the reason for your opinion?
  • Without using the names of people, discuss “the ideal” President or other world leader.
  • Talk about what the one thing is that you cannot live without.
  • Do adults automatically deserve respect? Do kids?
  • How do people earn respect?
  • What do you think is the meaning of life?
    
  • Religion
    • Do you consider yourself to be religious or spiritual?
      • If so, what religious system do you try to adhere to?
    • Do you observe religious holidays?
    • Do you attend religious services?
    • Do you pray?
    • Do you believe in God? Why or why not?
      • If so, how do you picture God?
    • Do you think religion plays a big part in everyday life today?
    • What do you think happens after death?
    • Do you think there is one best religion?
        
  • Closing Remarks and Shoutouts
      

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insightful podcasts by informative host

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welcome to insights into teens a podcast

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series exploring the issues and

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challenges of today’s youth your hosts

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are Joseph and Madison Whalen a father

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and daughter team making their way

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through the challenges of the teenage

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years

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welcome to insights into teens this is

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episode 71 Q&A series we’ll be talking

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about existential and philosophical

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questions tonight

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I’m your host Joseph Whalen and my

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delightful and exuberant co-host Madison

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Whalen how you doing Matty hi everyone

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and I am doing quite well today I am so

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pleased to hear that so this is the Q&A

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series Q&A session that you have been

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looking forward to for a while now

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because we have some fun questions we

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had postponed at once we had rescheduled

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at another time so we could fit some

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other more timely stuff in and we’re

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finally to it this actually I think is

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the last Q&A series podcast that I have

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set up so this is the last one from this

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little fun series here and so we can

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come up with some new ones so as the

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title suggests we will be talking about

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existential questions and philosophical

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questions now you have had a chance to

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look over the questions here so you

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should be somewhat prepared for these

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but this is kind of a let’s have some

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fun and ask some fun and interesting

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hypothetical questions are you ready to

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get started all right let’s get right

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into it

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so the first question first set that

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we’re going to look at in fact the

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titles had a little misleading so we

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have hypothetical and existential and

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then we have religious questions that

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we’ll talk about in the second half so

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the for the hypothetical and existential

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questions we’ll start by asking would

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you rather be five years younger than

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you are now or five years older okay so

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I just want to quickly ask when I still

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have the same mindset of a thirteen year

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old if I was either 8 or 18 absolutely

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okay I’d probably want to be 8 because

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being 18 would probably be a huge year

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in my in my life and there’d be a lot of

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stuff going on I’d probably be

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graduating from college and I mean high

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school I’m at college and then I would

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have to go to college and it would just

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be a whole lot on my 13 year old brain

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and right now I don’t even think I’m

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prepared to make huge life decisions but

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when I was eight not too much big stuff

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was happening I was allowed to be a

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child but I do but I did I think at that

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age get lost at Disney World on Space

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Mountain but I’d probably be more

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prepared now than with the mindset of

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that rather than just have my

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eight-year-old mind and just panic out

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of control okay

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well I can’t argue with that that’s a

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very well reasoned response yet out of

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there the next question we have is would

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you rather live on or near the beach or

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the mountains which we don’t live near

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either of them right now really I

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actually had a big debate about this

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because the beach has warmer weather

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while the mountains have colder weather

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and I am more attracted to colder

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weather but thinking about it the beach

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would be

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slightly more enjoyable there’s probably

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more stuff to do on the beach plus

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there’s such thing as air conditioning

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and it’s better and being in the

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mountains really can’t do much I mean

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and I’m afraid of heights

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so it would probably be better for me to

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be on the beach either way okay that

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makes sense

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I’m by that how much a dollar guys so if

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you were invisible for a day what would

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you do well I wouldn’t go places where I

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wasn’t allowed to go I wouldn’t do that

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I’m not that kind of person I might want

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to possibly go a little on the evil side

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and try to haunt people who dislike me

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for no apparent reason I did nothing to

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do I did nothing to them they just don’t

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like me I would just do that so little

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little payback’s in a way using it your

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newfound superpower yeah alright that’s

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cool

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let’s talk animals so if you could be

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any animal in the world living or dead

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which one would you be

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I’d probably be a cat because I get the

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best excuse to be lazy and look cute

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while I’m doing it Wow

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yeah big shocker that’s a stretch yeah

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so on a slightly more serious note do

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you think it’s ever okay to lie I’m

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gonna give two different scenarios in a

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way it’s good to lie as long as it’s not

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bringing harm to anyone or protecting

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someone give me an example so a reason

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to not lie would be if your friend was

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having like a concert and they were

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really enthusiastic about it and wanted

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you to join but you had but you couldn’t

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go due to like a family issue and the

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next day they were like why weren’t you

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there

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and you would probably tell the truth

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because you didn’t you wouldn’t want to

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have to make up an excuse for a

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reasonably good excuse that you already

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had for not to go then again if you were

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playing with video games you’d probably

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still want to tell the truth because it

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really as much as it would maybe hurt

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your friend’s feelings it would be

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better than to lie to them on the other

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note if someone came to your house and

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asked where your friend was to do

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physical harm to them you’d probably

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wanna lie because you don’t want anyone

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to get hurt okay I could see that how

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about little white lies like for

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instance if I asked you do these pants

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make my butt look big in some cases you

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can do either/or because on one hand you

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don’t want to lie to them about that

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since it might affect their self-esteem

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but on the other hand you don’t want it

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to affect their self-esteem and you want

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to sound like you’re a good friend but

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on the other other hand you don’t want

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to let my hands do you have but as I was

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saying on the other other hand you might

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not what you might not your friend might

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not want you to lie to them since they

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asked a question and are basing it off

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of your honesty okay

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so in that case mmm I really don’t know

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what the best item after all you don’t

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even have an answer the best alternative

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it’s honestly 50/50

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all right so toss a coin so would you

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want your friend to have lower

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self-esteem or would you want them to

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have higher self-esteem like well

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alright so if I ask you does this outfit

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make me look fat you can either say no

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of course not you look good in it and

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let them go out and not look good if

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they don’t look good or you can say

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something like well that’s probably not

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the best outfit I’d wear it doesn’t

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really show off your figure so it’s a

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way of being honest you know or you

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could be brutally

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and say no the outfit doesn’t make you

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look fat your fat makes you look fat I

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mean that’s the other option you have

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yeah like as long as you say it in a

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nice way right like you try not to hurt

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their feelings but you know when you

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make a little white lie when you’re

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trying to make them feel better then

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they go out and they don’t really look

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as good as you said they are then what

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happens then there’s a consequence to it

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because they get out there maybe

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somebody says something to them or they

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see themselves in a mirror and they

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realize it or something like that

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so even they’re a little white lie

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probably isn’t the best way to go yeah

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so moving right along to even more

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important and serious questions

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what would your weapon of choice be if

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you were in a zombie apocalypse I was

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actually I actually had a pretty

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straightforward answer I’d have a

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baseball bat with like nails on it

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because I I like went over the different

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weapons in my head like a gun you’re

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probably one month that because that

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wouldn’t harm them I mean are you

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running a boat yeah for any zop yeah for

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any zombies the main thing is to go for

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the head a knife would just be kind of

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stupid because yet that’s the weapon of

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choice in Walking Dead which is you know

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you know ridiculously yeah I would say

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that a knife would not be the best a

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sword mm not uh that’s mine not my first

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weapon it might be like my third and

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fourth I’d say a baseball bat with nails

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because then you can just straight

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forward whack up their head off okay you

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put a lot of thought into that like this

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yeah you wonder about zombie apocalypse

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a lot sometimes sometimes nowadays it’s

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probably not a bad thing to start

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considering okay next if you could have

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any superpower which one would you

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choose and why I would choose

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telekinesis or the power to move things

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with your mind and make them float

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because then like you can be extra lazy

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if you wanna well you’re really themes

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on this whole lazy thing well if you’re

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a cat you’re not to worry about that

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because people are bringing everything

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you want

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I mean you can get stuff that like when

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like something falls off the off of like

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your bed and you’re like okay I don’t

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want to get up and after bend down for

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it you could just use your pad you can

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just use your telekinesis power to bring

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you back up Wow okay with great power

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comes great laziness yeah pretty much

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all right moving right along if you

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could travel anywhere in the world all

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expenses paid where would you go

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Tokyo Japan I would go because one I

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like the I like the Japanese culture and

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it would be nice to see more of it and

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to Tokyo has a lot to offer including

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building architecture the different

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styles of how they love their arts many

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many and like their culture is very

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expressed Plus this Tokyo Disney like

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okay well we see where the plot really

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thickens if you are given the chance to

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become immortal would you take it why or

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why not

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I would anyone who doesn’t want to die

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sooner than they have to would probably

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take it as well I take it because um one

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there really is no chance you can die –

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you really won’t have any injuries

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because people who are immortal don’t

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feel pain I don’t think they can’t like

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it mortals still feel pain really yeah I

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never knew that so let me let me let me

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put a little twist on this here so

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you’re the only person who’s immortal so

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you don’t age you don’t die from old age

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but all the people around you do they

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continue to age at their regular rates

0:13:18.030,0:13:24.330
they’re all mortal they all have the

0:13:20.680,0:13:29.920
same life expectancy as a regular human

0:13:24.330,0:13:33.820
your pets all age the world changes

0:13:29.920,0:13:35.380
around you and your unchanging is it

0:13:33.820,0:13:37.650
still worth it at that point do you

0:13:35.380,0:13:37.650
think

0:13:38.730,0:13:43.779
well in a way you get to see how

0:13:41.410,0:13:48.670
technology advances and see if we’ve

0:13:43.779,0:13:50.980
come farther in the world but um I don’t

0:13:48.670,0:13:53.589
think it’s really able to be tradable

0:13:50.980,0:13:57.129
for the deaths of a bunch of your loved

0:13:53.589,0:14:00.720
ones like you stay the same age all your

0:13:57.129,0:14:03.459
pets can die your family can die like I

0:14:00.720,0:14:05.170
mean but in a way you can also see the

0:14:03.459,0:14:07.239
generations of your family if they

0:14:05.170,0:14:10.569
decide to have children and decide to

0:14:07.239,0:14:12.699
raise children like you’re pretty sold

0:14:10.569,0:14:15.939
on this whole immortal thing in a way

0:14:12.699,0:14:18.269
yes okay I didn’t know if I’d be able to

0:14:15.939,0:14:22.660
dissuade you from that or not

0:14:18.269,0:14:24.459
next up if it were up to you how would

0:14:22.660,0:14:32.949
you change the world

0:14:24.459,0:14:39.869
um well if I could do anything I would

0:14:32.949,0:14:43.299
try and stop the hatred against racism

0:14:39.869,0:14:45.819
religion gender age stuff like that

0:14:43.299,0:14:50.319
because honestly it’s ridiculous at this

0:14:45.819,0:14:53.619
point like we’ve come so far and now

0:14:50.319,0:14:56.730
people are going against races again and

0:14:53.619,0:14:59.230
I thought we were already past it but

0:14:56.730,0:14:59.709
society gets worse and worse as we go

0:14:59.230,0:15:02.709
along

0:14:59.709,0:15:04.989
apparently so okay well no thank you for

0:15:02.709,0:15:06.660
that cynical view of the world moving

0:15:04.989,0:15:08.829
right along

0:15:06.660,0:15:10.629
so we asked you if you could travel

0:15:08.829,0:15:13.540
anywhere in the world where would you go

0:15:10.629,0:15:16.239
if you could live anywhere in the world

0:15:13.540,0:15:20.980
where would you live I might live in

0:15:16.239,0:15:23.559
Canada mainly because I mean I like my

0:15:20.980,0:15:26.470
home right now in New Jersey things are

0:15:23.559,0:15:29.350
fine the living environments fine I

0:15:26.470,0:15:34.540
wouldn’t move to Florida because I’d be

0:15:29.350,0:15:37.089
just steaming yes yes I wouldn’t move

0:15:34.540,0:15:38.069
anywhere super warm like Hawaii or

0:15:37.089,0:15:42.160
anything like that

0:15:38.069,0:15:45.429
Canada’s slightly more cold than New

0:15:42.160,0:15:47.139
Jersey since it’s more north if I had to

0:15:45.429,0:15:49.290
go anyway there’s some parts of Canada

0:15:47.139,0:15:50.940
that are a lot colder than jury

0:15:49.290,0:15:54.180
depending on how far north he decided to

0:15:50.940,0:15:55.889
go yeah I’m I might just stick around in

0:15:54.180,0:15:58.589
the middle or just somewhere where it’s

0:15:55.889,0:16:01.470
like a nice cold temperature which would

0:15:58.589,0:16:05.690
be nice so so Canada you’re Canada bound

0:16:01.470,0:16:09.240
at some point interesting depends okay

0:16:05.690,0:16:11.279
if your life had a theme song what would

0:16:09.240,0:16:14.490
it be and why

0:16:11.279,0:16:16.769
so I don’t have a favorite song and the

0:16:14.490,0:16:18.509
songs I listened to seem like theme song

0:16:16.769,0:16:20.490
so I’m just gonna go with the spongebob

0:16:18.509,0:16:24.000
theme song because I’m a fan of

0:16:20.490,0:16:26.850
Spongebob and I really can’t think of

0:16:24.000,0:16:30.029
anything else so at this point so well

0:16:26.850,0:16:33.389
and that’s a rather whimsical you know

0:16:30.029,0:16:34.589
fun Julius kind of song – yeah and

0:16:33.389,0:16:36.029
there’s nothing wrong with that embody

0:16:34.589,0:16:39.740
in your life as opposed to me where I

0:16:36.029,0:16:39.740
would just have the Imperial theme

0:16:39.800,0:16:48.630
that’s always playing in in the back of

0:16:42.240,0:16:50.730
my head when I walk into a room I just

0:16:48.630,0:16:52.589
have the goofy and light-hearted theme

0:16:50.730,0:16:53.220
song of Spongebob nothing wrong with

0:16:52.589,0:16:57.329
that sweetie

0:16:53.220,0:16:59.819
yep if you could watch only one movie

0:16:57.329,0:17:02.400
for the rest of your life what would it

0:16:59.819,0:17:06.510
be and why

0:17:02.400,0:17:12.960
I guess I would choose a movie that

0:17:06.510,0:17:16.050
doesn’t have a sequel because cuz I’d be

0:17:12.960,0:17:17.880
missing out I wouldn’t watch a sequel

0:17:16.050,0:17:20.700
because then I wouldn’t get to see the

0:17:17.880,0:17:23.040
original so any kind of movie that

0:17:20.700,0:17:26.100
doesn’t have a sequel or part of a

0:17:23.040,0:17:27.630
trilogy or anything like that that makes

0:17:26.100,0:17:30.870
sense that’s a very well reasoned

0:17:27.630,0:17:33.450
response yeah I like it I don’t have a

0:17:30.870,0:17:36.150
specific movie I would just do a movie

0:17:33.450,0:17:37.740
that just as a standalone movie and

0:17:36.150,0:17:39.360
doesn’t have a sequel because then you’d

0:17:37.740,0:17:42.930
be missing out on the other movies that

0:17:39.360,0:17:46.020
make sense so if you were to become

0:17:42.930,0:17:48.830
famous at some point in your life what

0:17:46.020,0:17:52.140
would you want to be famous for um

0:17:48.830,0:17:53.910
something intellectual like if I could

0:17:52.140,0:17:56.970
make an invention that could change the

0:17:53.910,0:17:58.890
world if I could make a new kind of

0:17:56.970,0:18:00.630
style that could change the world or if

0:17:58.890,0:18:01.560
I could just make a cure for cancer that

0:18:00.630,0:18:03.330
could change the world

0:18:01.560,0:18:05.790
anything intellectual that could change

0:18:03.330,0:18:08.850
the world would be nice okay so you

0:18:05.790,0:18:10.890
wanted to be a positive thing okay I

0:18:08.850,0:18:12.270
would not want to be anything I would

0:18:10.890,0:18:14.820
not want it to be anything negative

0:18:12.270,0:18:16.920
whatsoever so you want to be famous not

0:18:14.820,0:18:23.450
infamous yeah gotcha

0:18:16.920,0:18:25.830
okay um where am I at here oh there I am

0:18:23.450,0:18:27.360
what would you like and this is kind of

0:18:25.830,0:18:28.890
a morbid question I’m not sure why I

0:18:27.360,0:18:31.230
left this in here but we’ll leave it in

0:18:28.890,0:18:34.500
there what would you like people to say

0:18:31.230,0:18:36.330
about you after you die like how do you

0:18:34.500,0:18:39.480
want to be remembered I want to be

0:18:36.330,0:18:42.270
remembered for my intellectual purpose

0:18:39.480,0:18:45.930
and my creative purpose because those

0:18:42.270,0:18:49.310
are really strong those personality

0:18:45.930,0:18:52.650
traits are big impacts on my life today

0:18:49.310,0:18:55.860
and I want to be remembered for just

0:18:52.650,0:18:59.340
having be like an intense creativity at

0:18:55.860,0:19:01.890
the age of 13 so you are creative

0:18:59.340,0:19:05.940
intellectual and lazy as what what we’re

0:19:01.890,0:19:09.420
coming down to yeah so okay I guess that

0:19:05.940,0:19:12.810
sums it up for the most part next

0:19:09.420,0:19:14.809
question is do you ever wish that you

0:19:12.810,0:19:18.950
could go back in time and be a little

0:19:14.809,0:19:20.539
kid again yes not as often as you might

0:19:18.950,0:19:23.799
think

0:19:20.539,0:19:28.249
I guess whenever I realized that

0:19:23.799,0:19:30.649
responsibilities are like really intense

0:19:28.249,0:19:32.749
and when stress gets to me in school

0:19:30.649,0:19:36.740
I do sometimes wish I was back to being

0:19:32.749,0:19:39.110
a little kid where life was much simpler

0:19:36.740,0:19:43.460
I didn’t have stress or anxiety of

0:19:39.110,0:19:45.950
anything I just feel spiders a lot those

0:19:43.460,0:19:47.899
spiders they always come back to get you

0:19:45.950,0:19:50.179
yeah like most of my life I just

0:19:47.899,0:19:52.990
remember being afraid of spiders even in

0:19:50.179,0:19:55.249
my child like my child might like

0:19:52.990,0:19:58.159
toddler age I remember just being

0:19:55.249,0:20:01.940
terrified of spiders so yeah I do

0:19:58.159,0:20:05.330
sometimes wish I was a kid again but not

0:20:01.940,0:20:08.509
as much not a lot just when life is out

0:20:05.330,0:20:10.429
of worse don’t away which it doesn’t it

0:20:08.509,0:20:13.850
doesn’t normally get that worst although

0:20:10.429,0:20:15.860
now with the situation we have going on

0:20:13.850,0:20:18.590
it would probably be best to go back a

0:20:15.860,0:20:20.240
few years well I think a lot of people

0:20:18.590,0:20:21.919
can relate to that

0:20:20.240,0:20:24.830
you know when things get tough you kind

0:20:21.919,0:20:26.899
of want to regress to appear when things

0:20:24.830,0:20:29.570
were simpler less responsibility and

0:20:26.899,0:20:30.999
less stress less consequence that makes

0:20:29.570,0:20:35.389
sense

0:20:30.999,0:20:37.970
so just to lend a little background to

0:20:35.389,0:20:41.809
this next question Sam and I did a

0:20:37.970,0:20:45.710
podcast a few weeks back for insights

0:20:41.809,0:20:48.950
into tomorrow on SETI the search for

0:20:45.710,0:20:53.960
extraterrestrial intelligence so that

0:20:48.950,0:20:58.460
kind of spawned this question here in

0:20:53.960,0:21:01.850
your opinion is there life on other

0:20:58.460,0:21:04.759
planets and what is the reason for your

0:21:01.850,0:21:07.999
opinion I say there has to be at least

0:21:04.759,0:21:10.279
some type of life one other planets I

0:21:07.999,0:21:13.190
remember some of our research points to

0:21:10.279,0:21:16.850
the fact that Mars used to be used to

0:21:13.190,0:21:18.470
have up used to have life on it and I

0:21:16.850,0:21:21.110
can’t just believe that we’re the only

0:21:18.470,0:21:24.230
planet that is consistent of life there

0:21:21.110,0:21:27.810
are many other planets out in all the

0:21:24.230,0:21:31.890
other universes and galaxies I just

0:21:27.810,0:21:35.730
I can’t put my finger that were the only

0:21:31.890,0:21:38.370
living things on just this one planet

0:21:35.730,0:21:40.200
that makes sense so you think that there

0:21:38.370,0:21:42.630
is life out there somewhere yep

0:21:40.200,0:21:44.850
and mathematically you’re probably right

0:21:42.630,0:21:47.400
the there is a likelihood that there

0:21:44.850,0:21:49.890
either is or was life at some point

0:21:47.400,0:21:53.040
somewhere out there we just haven’t

0:21:49.890,0:21:56.850
found the solid evidence for it yeah

0:21:53.040,0:22:01.440
next question without using the names of

0:21:56.850,0:22:03.960
people discuss the quote ideal president

0:22:01.440,0:22:08.850
or other world leader what do you what

0:22:03.960,0:22:12.060
traits do you look for in a president or

0:22:08.850,0:22:14.670
world leader first up responsibilities I

0:22:12.060,0:22:18.360
just feel as though some leader has to

0:22:14.670,0:22:21.180
be responsible enough to take intense

0:22:18.360,0:22:23.670
actions like with this whole with the

0:22:21.180,0:22:26.310
whole virus here we need we need a

0:22:23.670,0:22:31.590
strong president we need a strong leader

0:22:26.310,0:22:35.220
to take charge and make the decisions

0:22:31.590,0:22:39.420
that need to be made to ensure better

0:22:35.220,0:22:42.750
life in um in society I also think a

0:22:39.420,0:22:46.440
president has to be somewhat intelligent

0:22:42.750,0:22:48.720
so they know how to make the right

0:22:46.440,0:22:50.490
decision and not the wrong decision and

0:22:48.720,0:22:54.300
they can differ between what’s right and

0:22:50.490,0:22:57.120
wrong and if there’s any world conflicts

0:22:54.300,0:22:59.550
they can deal with it calmly I don’t

0:22:57.120,0:23:03.090
want them to be aggressive I want them

0:22:59.550,0:23:10.220
to be more at peace with the world

0:23:03.090,0:23:13.530
in a way I want them to be accepting and

0:23:10.220,0:23:15.480
well just overall a nice person in

0:23:13.530,0:23:19.260
general and someone who can make someone

0:23:15.480,0:23:20.700
smile so okay I think I think that is a

0:23:19.260,0:23:23.580
very good picture of what a leader

0:23:20.700,0:23:25.770
should be and very soon you’re going to

0:23:23.580,0:23:27.810
have a voice in minute not in the next

0:23:25.770,0:23:33.390
election but the election after that

0:23:27.810,0:23:36.420
you’ll be able to to make the choice so

0:23:33.390,0:23:39.210
let’s talk a little bit about something

0:23:36.420,0:23:46.340
that you can’t live without what is the

0:23:39.210,0:23:48.630
one thing an object a person a service

0:23:46.340,0:23:52.920
something that you just can’t live

0:23:48.630,0:23:56.310
without you and mommy okay

0:23:52.920,0:23:57.900
I guess that works so first up I can’t

0:23:56.310,0:24:00.800
live without you guys because without

0:23:57.900,0:24:04.140
you guys I wouldn’t even exist and

0:24:00.800,0:24:06.120
without you guys I wouldn’t have any I

0:24:04.140,0:24:06.659
really wouldn’t I don’t know if I’d have

0:24:06.120,0:24:10.049
anyone

0:24:06.659,0:24:12.840
raise me or feed me or get me all the

0:24:10.049,0:24:16.499
necessities for life so what are you a

0:24:12.840,0:24:18.330
piece of cattle like you’re capable of

0:24:16.499,0:24:20.460
cooking yourself food right as long as

0:24:18.330,0:24:22.499
someone supplies you with the food yeah

0:24:20.460,0:24:25.169
but when I was younger I wasn’t able to

0:24:22.499,0:24:26.940
supply myself well I understand that but

0:24:25.169,0:24:29.479
I think the question really is meant for

0:24:26.940,0:24:31.649
right now what can you not live without

0:24:29.479,0:24:33.389
and if that’s mommy and daddy that’s

0:24:31.649,0:24:36.989
fine you know that’s that’s very

0:24:33.389,0:24:41.099
touching and and I’m not gonna argue

0:24:36.989,0:24:45.119
with you on that yes you guys okay good

0:24:41.099,0:24:46.919
enough the next couple of questions have

0:24:45.119,0:24:49.799
to do with respect and we did a whole

0:24:46.919,0:24:54.169
podcast on respect so we’ll just

0:24:49.799,0:24:57.450
reinforce it so when it comes to respect

0:24:54.169,0:24:59.729
do you think that adults automatically

0:24:57.450,0:25:04.049
deserve respect or is it something that

0:24:59.729,0:25:05.970
they should earn well I believe that no

0:25:04.049,0:25:09.450
matter what your age your gender your

0:25:05.970,0:25:13.169
religion your race everyone should start

0:25:09.450,0:25:15.299
off with some equal amount of respect

0:25:13.169,0:25:17.369
and depending on the actions they make

0:25:15.299,0:25:22.529
they can either earn respect or lose

0:25:17.369,0:25:24.690
respect okay so by that definition then

0:25:22.529,0:25:28.950
kids deserve respect automatically as

0:25:24.690,0:25:31.289
well okay how do you earn respect then

0:25:28.950,0:25:34.379
well the way you earn respect is

0:25:31.289,0:25:37.559
basically being a good person society

0:25:34.379,0:25:39.960
like helping others when they need help

0:25:37.559,0:25:42.720
putting yourself before others making

0:25:39.960,0:25:45.450
sure everyone else is smiling before you

0:25:42.720,0:25:47.519
smile like just basically being the

0:25:45.450,0:25:52.340
reason someone smiles and the reason

0:25:47.519,0:25:54.899
someone is happy to be around you and

0:25:52.340,0:25:59.009
that can automatically earn you respect

0:25:54.899,0:26:01.080
no matter what okay I think that there

0:25:59.009,0:26:03.450
are some very good

0:26:01.080,0:26:07.170
criteria that you leave laying down

0:26:03.450,0:26:10.050
there so this last question is probably

0:26:07.170,0:26:12.660
the biggest question of all in this

0:26:10.050,0:26:15.480
section here and there’s no right or

0:26:12.660,0:26:18.150
wrong answer to it so it is whatever you

0:26:15.480,0:26:21.780
think it is because it’s different for

0:26:18.150,0:26:23.880
everyone what do you think the meaning

0:26:21.780,0:26:29.390
of life is why are we here what is our

0:26:23.880,0:26:32.840
purpose for existing already I got a

0:26:29.390,0:26:35.220
pretty solid answer on this so

0:26:32.840,0:26:38.250
everyone’s life is different

0:26:35.220,0:26:40.230
you’re born into this world and there

0:26:38.250,0:26:44.070
are so many different hobbies different

0:26:40.230,0:26:46.500
career paths different personality

0:26:44.070,0:26:48.360
traits that you can pick up on that can

0:26:46.500,0:26:52.530
ultimately determine what kind of person

0:26:48.360,0:26:55.230
you are how you live your life and what

0:26:52.530,0:26:55.800
your career job could be if you want one

0:26:55.230,0:27:01.170
at all

0:26:55.800,0:27:03.090
like you could have any kind of pretty

0:27:01.170,0:27:05.130
people can have similar personality

0:27:03.090,0:27:08.910
traits similar hobbies or the same job

0:27:05.130,0:27:12.840
but we’re not the same person no one’s

0:27:08.910,0:27:15.390
the exact same person like you can have

0:27:12.840,0:27:17.610
there are so many different job options

0:27:15.390,0:27:19.860
not right now but there’s so many

0:27:17.610,0:27:21.600
different job options so many different

0:27:19.860,0:27:23.310
hobbies you can pick up that can be

0:27:21.600,0:27:27.000
completely different than the order of

0:27:23.310,0:27:29.010
someone who’s your best friend like no

0:27:27.000,0:27:31.560
one of us is the same we’re all like

0:27:29.010,0:27:34.890
snowflakes now no two are the same

0:27:31.560,0:27:37.050
although there are many people who have

0:27:34.890,0:27:41.130
similar personality traits they don’t

0:27:37.050,0:27:43.830
have similar lives and the purpose or

0:27:41.130,0:27:46.170
meaning of life has some people think of

0:27:43.830,0:27:49.530
it as just an overall thing for all of

0:27:46.170,0:27:53.070
humanity but I think of it as however

0:27:49.530,0:27:55.980
people want to live their lives like how

0:27:53.070,0:27:58.440
do you choose to what do you choose to

0:27:55.980,0:28:00.090
bring to the world what do you choose to

0:27:58.440,0:28:01.680
have your hobbies as what do you want

0:28:00.090,0:28:03.480
your personality to be like what do you

0:28:01.680,0:28:05.610
want what career path do you want to be

0:28:03.480,0:28:08.010
do you want to be what kind of student

0:28:05.610,0:28:09.720
do you want to be in school and what

0:28:08.010,0:28:12.660
kind of living environment do you want

0:28:09.720,0:28:14.999
to have it’s like the meaning of life is

0:28:12.660,0:28:19.639
whatever you choose to have

0:28:14.999,0:28:23.159
whether it be to become a lawyer to be

0:28:19.639,0:28:26.190
that to be a world-famous doctor or to

0:28:23.159,0:28:29.759
be on or to be someone someone to go to

0:28:26.190,0:28:33.269
the moon honestly the meaning of life is

0:28:29.759,0:28:38.220
how you choose to live it okay well that

0:28:33.269,0:28:39.450
was a well-reasoned deeper than I

0:28:38.220,0:28:40.019
thought it would be and I’m very

0:28:39.450,0:28:42.119
impressed

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thank you so that was the last question

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a little break we’re gonna come back

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all right so religion and these are not

0:30:06.900,0:30:15.030
deep philosophical questioning your

0:30:10.300,0:30:17.190
religion type stuff simple stuff

0:30:15.030,0:30:20.640
do you consider yourself to be a

0:30:17.190,0:30:24.000
religious or spiritual person no not

0:30:20.640,0:30:27.150
really not really is there any

0:30:24.000,0:30:31.980
particular reason for that I don’t know

0:30:27.150,0:30:38.850
I’ve just I mean I believe in certain

0:30:31.980,0:30:42.150
things I’ve just never done any like

0:30:38.850,0:30:44.460
religious actions that I know of so so

0:30:42.150,0:30:47.549
do you observe religious holidays let me

0:30:44.460,0:30:50.429
ask you that I mean by observe do you

0:30:47.549,0:30:53.730
mean like celebrate exactly I mean I

0:30:50.429,0:30:56.070
celebrate Jewish holidays like Hanukkah

0:30:53.730,0:30:58.620
and Passover although they’re not the

0:30:56.070,0:31:02.820
most religious kind of version of the

0:30:58.620,0:31:05.070
holiday okay and I also celebrate

0:31:02.820,0:31:08.130
Christmas and Easter but that’s not

0:31:05.070,0:31:12.419
really religious either first for us at

0:31:08.130,0:31:15.150
least okay do you attend religious

0:31:12.419,0:31:17.789
services no I don’t do church or temple

0:31:15.150,0:31:20.460
I’ve never gone I mean I’ve gone to a

0:31:17.789,0:31:22.590
church but never for the service you’ve

0:31:20.460,0:31:24.960
gone to a temple before – oh yeah I’ve

0:31:22.590,0:31:26.789
gone I’ve gone to the actual places but

0:31:24.960,0:31:29.780
I’ve never actually attend really any

0:31:26.789,0:31:34.770
services other than like funerals okay

0:31:29.780,0:31:37.710
do you ever pray um not in the religious

0:31:34.770,0:31:40.530
way I mean like I pray he’s praying a

0:31:37.710,0:31:42.480
non religious way I mean I’m like to

0:31:40.530,0:31:48.900
whatever force is out there I’m just

0:31:42.480,0:31:50.280
like okay so like please let me get a

0:31:48.900,0:31:54.230
good grade on this test or something

0:31:50.280,0:32:01.770
else oh you pray to what the cosmic

0:31:54.230,0:32:04.500
energy force okay do you believe in God

0:32:01.770,0:32:07.799
and and it doesn’t have to be God but do

0:32:04.500,0:32:10.650
you believe in a higher power yes I

0:32:07.799,0:32:14.610
believe that there is something out

0:32:10.650,0:32:16.169
there controlling the universe there are

0:32:14.610,0:32:18.630
many different religions that might

0:32:16.169,0:32:20.669
believe there’s multiple forces out

0:32:18.630,0:32:22.860
there or that there’s just one or that

0:32:20.669,0:32:23.850
there’s a different variation of that

0:32:22.860,0:32:26.070
one power

0:32:23.850,0:32:27.929
I just believe there’s some power out

0:32:26.070,0:32:30.299
there that created the universe

0:32:27.929,0:32:33.299
because I’m not entirely sure how else

0:32:30.299,0:32:35.070
the universe could have been created all

0:32:33.299,0:32:38.220
right so what’s wrong with that

0:32:35.070,0:32:40.519
so you think something a higher power

0:32:38.220,0:32:43.769
just because the universe exists yeah

0:32:40.519,0:32:46.830
how do you picture that higher power is

0:32:43.769,0:32:50.519
it well you know when people think of

0:32:46.830,0:32:54.659
God he’s often pictured as an old guy

0:32:50.519,0:32:56.999
with a white beard in a toga some

0:32:54.659,0:32:58.590
religions picture them as multi-armed

0:32:56.999,0:33:00.059
deities and different things like that

0:32:58.590,0:33:04.379
the Greeks had a completely different

0:33:00.059,0:33:07.019
idea of what gods were if if your idea

0:33:04.379,0:33:09.899
of God is something that created the

0:33:07.019,0:33:11.700
universe is it a gaseous cloud like what

0:33:09.899,0:33:13.559
how do you picture this higher power

0:33:11.700,0:33:16.110
well I don’t picture this higher power

0:33:13.559,0:33:17.909
as a natural being like a human being or

0:33:16.110,0:33:20.070
any type of animal or some type of

0:33:17.909,0:33:25.710
monster like that I basically just

0:33:20.070,0:33:30.149
picture a light a basically a star okay

0:33:25.710,0:33:33.539
like a bright light which I created the

0:33:30.149,0:33:36.059
universe I’m not entirely sure what it

0:33:33.539,0:33:37.830
it’s sort of like a blinding light like

0:33:36.059,0:33:40.169
there might be something else that we

0:33:37.830,0:33:45.559
don’t know about this power or what it

0:33:40.169,0:33:49.259
actually looks like it’s just there and

0:33:45.559,0:33:50.789
you can’t see all you can really see is

0:33:49.259,0:33:58.279
just a glowing light up

0:33:50.789,0:34:00.809
so do you ascribe any kind of intent or

0:33:58.279,0:34:03.749
personality or anything like that like a

0:34:00.809,0:34:07.200
lot of people in the Christian religion

0:34:03.749,0:34:15.329
you know they ascribe love and peace and

0:34:07.200,0:34:17.280
and solace to two heavenly figures the

0:34:15.329,0:34:19.109
Romans always thought that every time

0:34:17.280,0:34:21.210
something bad happened it was because we

0:34:19.109,0:34:24.629
made the gods angry so he had very angry

0:34:21.210,0:34:26.730
vengeful gods do you ascribe any kind of

0:34:24.629,0:34:29.369
emotions like that or any kind of intent

0:34:26.730,0:34:33.589
like does this does this higher being

0:34:29.369,0:34:37.710
have the best interest of human beings

0:34:33.589,0:34:39.869
at light or we just is it an energy

0:34:37.710,0:34:41.490
force that’s in a galaxy and and we’re

0:34:39.869,0:34:45.300
just inanimate objects

0:34:41.490,0:34:48.360

• well I wouldn’t picture the actual

0:34:45.300,0:34:51.830
power having any like intense emotions

0:34:48.360,0:34:55.889
like love or anger it’s a fair power

0:34:51.830,0:34:58.590
like it wouldn’t be vengeful and it

0:34:55.889,0:35:01.080
wouldn’t be forgiving it would be equal

0:34:58.590,0:35:03.780
I just imagine that powered try and be

0:35:01.080,0:35:07.500
equal it’s sort of like in a way the

0:35:03.780,0:35:09.750
existence of Karma when someone does

0:35:07.500,0:35:12.240
something bad karma comes after them and

0:35:09.750,0:35:15.240
they get consequences for it so it

0:35:12.240,0:35:19.260
balances itself out so it’s kind of like

0:35:15.240,0:35:20.940
the force in a way yeah or duct tape you

0:35:19.260,0:35:23.510
know where there’s a light side a dark

0:35:20.940,0:35:26.750
side and it binds the universe together

0:35:23.510,0:35:30.810
[Laughter]

0:35:26.750,0:35:34.560
okay so do you think religion plays a

0:35:30.810,0:35:36.660
big part in the everyday life of most

0:35:34.560,0:35:39.150
people I mean depending on your

0:35:36.660,0:35:41.400
practices it would probably be something

0:35:39.150,0:35:44.040
that you would do like you’d pray every

0:35:41.400,0:35:46.530
night like in some religions you might

0:35:44.040,0:35:49.170
pray every night you know in others you

0:35:46.530,0:35:51.210
might just your everyday life might just

0:35:49.170,0:35:55.170
be based off of your religion or

0:35:51.210,0:35:57.330
depending on it um in history I learned

0:35:55.170,0:35:59.520
about a bunch of religions and all their

0:35:57.330,0:36:05.190
practices and we even got a few modern

0:35:59.520,0:36:09.390
examples for it so and especially um and

0:36:05.190,0:36:11.430
I definitely think the practices can

0:36:09.390,0:36:14.910
play a part in your everyday life um

0:36:11.430,0:36:18.750
especially like for Christians when they

0:36:14.910,0:36:21.119
go to church like and people just people

0:36:18.750,0:36:26.160
who go to a certain area or have a

0:36:21.119,0:36:30.020
certain holy day or something like that

0:36:26.160,0:36:33.690
yeah so do you think there’s a reason

0:36:30.020,0:36:35.400
that religion zigs I’m in religion the

0:36:33.690,0:36:39.930
concept of religion is something that

0:36:35.400,0:36:41.609
humans created whether it was because

0:36:39.930,0:36:45.540
they didn’t understand something and

0:36:41.609,0:36:47.970
they made up something or you know later

0:36:45.540,0:36:51.270
on when you get into organized religions

0:36:47.970,0:36:53.180
the organized religions use the concept

0:36:51.270,0:36:56.710
of an afterlife and

0:36:53.180,0:36:59.920
a heaven and hell kind of thing as

0:36:56.710,0:37:02.660
motivation so that people behaves better

0:36:59.920,0:37:04.849
do you think that there is an overall

0:37:02.660,0:37:08.420
reason that we have to have or that we

0:37:04.849,0:37:13.069
created the concept of a religion yes I

0:37:08.420,0:37:16.309
definitely think that it’s like prime

0:37:13.069,0:37:18.440
example way of the afterlife like many

0:37:16.309,0:37:22.640
people have thought of different types

0:37:18.440,0:37:24.349
of afterlife I definitely know that the

0:37:22.640,0:37:26.900
Egyptians definitely favorite the

0:37:24.349,0:37:29.359
afterlife completely and it’s like it

0:37:26.900,0:37:34.849
was a better version of their modern

0:37:29.359,0:37:37.910
world and with and with some other

0:37:34.849,0:37:41.059
religions it’s basically the good place

0:37:37.910,0:37:42.470
with a bad place where if you didn’t do

0:37:41.059,0:37:44.869
anything about in your life you’d go to

0:37:42.470,0:37:46.369
a good place if you did something bad

0:37:44.869,0:37:50.420
you’d go the bad place

0:37:46.369,0:37:53.690
it’s like many people would would want

0:37:50.420,0:37:56.420
like the biggest question most people

0:37:53.690,0:37:58.430
ask is what happens when I die and

0:37:56.420,0:38:00.400
religion helps with that because

0:37:58.430,0:38:02.720
different religions have different

0:38:00.400,0:38:04.760
answers on what happens when you do

0:38:02.720,0:38:06.859
eventually die because no one can really

0:38:04.760,0:38:08.930
answer it unless they came back from the

0:38:06.859,0:38:10.490
dead but they’d probably be zombies at

0:38:08.930,0:38:12.910
that point and they and then you get hit

0:38:10.490,0:38:16.130
in the head with your baseball bat yeah

0:38:12.910,0:38:19.339
okay so you kind of segue into the next

0:38:16.130,0:38:22.819
question here and that being what do you

0:38:19.339,0:38:24.890
think happens after death well I believe

0:38:22.819,0:38:27.349
you don’t just see a bunch of black and

0:38:24.890,0:38:29.270
it’s not just like sleeping I feel as

0:38:27.349,0:38:32.599
though there is a good place or a bad

0:38:29.270,0:38:34.460
place but the reasons are more intense

0:38:32.599,0:38:38.990
on why you go to the bad place or the

0:38:34.460,0:38:41.780
good place like did you do harm to

0:38:38.990,0:38:44.660
others were you a terrible person and

0:38:41.780,0:38:46.579
your afterlife or what other good or

0:38:44.660,0:38:49.910
what good things did you do like were

0:38:46.579,0:38:52.069
you or you’re a kind person

0:38:49.910,0:38:56.000
did you help others in need or did you

0:38:52.069,0:38:59.950
okay so so let’s go back to your concept

0:38:56.000,0:39:02.930
of what this higher being being an

0:38:59.950,0:39:05.960
energy force of some sort

0:39:02.930,0:39:07.700
so when you die someone has to make a

0:39:05.960,0:39:09.440
determination if you go to the good

0:39:07.700,0:39:14.390
place of the bad place who makes that

0:39:09.440,0:39:18.170
determination um well I always thought

0:39:14.390,0:39:22.910
that there was like something at like

0:39:18.170,0:39:25.400
some power at the gates of a good place

0:39:22.910,0:39:29.270
in the bad place and they would

0:39:25.400,0:39:31.640
determine based on your personality your

0:39:29.270,0:39:34.579
hobbies and basically what kind of

0:39:31.640,0:39:37.730
person my hobbies – no not hobby sorry

0:39:34.579,0:39:41.510
so based on your personality or what

0:39:37.730,0:39:47.540
actions or what benefits or non benefits

0:39:41.510,0:39:51.400
you put into the world so oh just walk

0:39:47.540,0:39:55.670
me through this here so I I died and my

0:39:51.400,0:39:57.470
corporeal spirit leaves my body and what

0:39:55.670,0:39:59.690
do I do I wander up to the good place

0:39:57.470,0:40:02.359
because that’s the ideal place to go and

0:39:59.690,0:40:02.839
I’m like hey dumb so-and-so can I come

0:40:02.359,0:40:05.240
in

0:40:02.839,0:40:07.849
and there’s somebody right there with a

0:40:05.240,0:40:09.440
checklist and they make sure they did I

0:40:07.849,0:40:12.170
checked off all the boxes to get in

0:40:09.440,0:40:20.359
actually so you wouldn’t go straight up

0:40:12.170,0:40:24.440
you’re actually basically you’d be so

0:40:20.359,0:40:28.520
like I said the overall power is all

0:40:24.440,0:40:32.359
about balance so you wouldn’t go higher

0:40:28.520,0:40:34.460
or lower you’d basically like you’d be

0:40:32.359,0:40:36.920
walking on earth and then you’d see a

0:40:34.460,0:40:39.349
cloud that ends up becoming a pathway

0:40:36.920,0:40:42.770
that goes straight that has the same

0:40:39.349,0:40:45.530
level as where you were walking so you’d

0:40:42.770,0:40:47.390
be walking along that pathway and then

0:40:45.530,0:40:50.540
you see and then you come up with

0:40:47.390,0:40:53.390
basically a ticket booth ticket first I

0:40:50.540,0:40:55.520
don’t know okay so I’m walking I wander

0:40:53.390,0:40:58.130
into a fog bank I hope I don’t fall off

0:40:55.520,0:41:00.610
of a cliff but I continue walking until

0:40:58.130,0:41:03.940
I come to a ticket booth

0:41:00.610,0:41:06.160
and then behind the ticket booth you

0:41:03.940,0:41:08.440
notice that their stairs going cloud

0:41:06.160,0:41:12.100
stairs going up and clouds get stairs

0:41:08.440,0:41:14.560
going down which is basically the good

0:41:12.100,0:41:15.850
place with a bad place and the lazy part

0:41:14.560,0:41:17.380
of me says well it’s a lot easier going

0:41:15.850,0:41:20.530
down the stairs and going up the stairs

0:41:17.380,0:41:22.060
so I’m just gonna go down so but who

0:41:20.530,0:41:23.830
makes that determination at which where

0:41:22.060,0:41:26.200
you go do you choose or does somebody

0:41:23.830,0:41:28.950
else choose for you based on how you

0:41:26.200,0:41:36.160
conducted your life well I’d say that

0:41:28.950,0:41:40.210
some relative I guess in trouble is some

0:41:36.160,0:41:43.150
relative of the greater power or the

0:41:40.210,0:41:44.530
greater power created something like a

0:41:43.150,0:41:49.540
version of themself

0:41:44.530,0:41:53.790
to handle ok balance out your good your

0:41:49.540,0:41:58.300
good qualities and your bad qualities so

0:41:53.790,0:42:00.100
if I balance and I’m even I’ve got just

0:41:58.300,0:42:04.030
as many good qualities as bad qualities

0:42:00.100,0:42:07.120
what happens you’ve got so you don’t

0:42:04.030,0:42:09.070
notice this but behind the booth you

0:42:07.120,0:42:12.250
notice that there’s just another path

0:42:09.070,0:42:15.490
away with the straight line there that’s

0:42:12.250,0:42:18.610
the one that goes off the cliff there

0:42:15.490,0:42:21.430
you would go want then if you were even

0:42:18.610,0:42:24.730
you’d go behind the ticket booth and

0:42:21.430,0:42:27.010
then go along that straight line until

0:42:24.730,0:42:31.450
you eventually read a point where other

0:42:27.010,0:42:33.100
people are even and so I get the wanders

0:42:31.450,0:42:40.750
for eternity with a bunch of like

0:42:33.100,0:42:43.450
average okay this is a this is a fairly

0:42:40.750,0:42:47.000
sophisticated view you have of the

0:42:43.450,0:42:51.080
afterlife yeah okay

0:42:47.000,0:42:53.750
I think we’ve kind of exhausted the

0:42:51.080,0:42:57.740
discussion on that one the last question

0:42:53.750,0:43:01.430
I have for today is do you think that

0:42:57.740,0:43:04.520
there is there’s so many religions in

0:43:01.430,0:43:07.970
the world you have Western religions

0:43:04.520,0:43:11.470
that consist of Judaism Christianity

0:43:07.970,0:43:16.100
Islam then you have a whole slew of

0:43:11.470,0:43:18.460
Eastern religions you own that’s the mic

0:43:16.100,0:43:24.860
I shouldn’t hit that yeah then you have

0:43:18.460,0:43:27.980
a bunch of polytheistic religions you

0:43:24.860,0:43:29.630
know multiple gods you’ve got Celtic

0:43:27.980,0:43:31.390
religions on all kinds of stuff so what

0:43:29.630,0:43:33.590
all these religions rolled in the one

0:43:31.390,0:43:36.830
everybody wants to believe in a higher

0:43:33.590,0:43:39.230
being do you think there’s any one best

0:43:36.830,0:43:43.910
religion out there that sort of gets it

0:43:39.230,0:43:46.880
right no no religion is based on belief

0:43:43.910,0:43:48.770
and yeah by definition yeah

0:43:46.880,0:43:51.710
religion is based on belief and belief

0:43:48.770,0:43:53.930
is not completely scientific but there

0:43:51.710,0:43:55.700
is no way to scientifically describe

0:43:53.930,0:43:58.400
what happens after death and why the

0:43:55.700,0:44:00.430
universe was created which is kind of

0:43:58.400,0:44:03.970
why religion is placed into that

0:44:00.430,0:44:06.770
religion is supposed to answer those

0:44:03.970,0:44:09.620
questions that science can’t answer at

0:44:06.770,0:44:11.630
this point like why were we all created

0:44:09.620,0:44:14.570
why are we all here what happens when we

0:44:11.630,0:44:16.220
die are we still alive when we die or is

0:44:14.570,0:44:21.410
there some type of afterlife

0:44:16.220,0:44:24.050
stuff like that also as long and I feel

0:44:21.410,0:44:26.350
as though each religion is equal as long

0:44:24.050,0:44:30.320
as your religious presences don’t

0:44:26.350,0:44:32.900
involve in you harming yourself anyone

0:44:30.320,0:44:35.330
or anything then go ahead and believe

0:44:32.900,0:44:37.370
what you want to believe religion is

0:44:35.330,0:44:39.680
basically meant to answer those

0:44:37.370,0:44:42.590
theoretical questions and stop you from

0:44:39.680,0:44:45.200
worrying like okay I don’t know what’s

0:44:42.590,0:44:49.490
gonna happen to me after I die and why

0:44:45.200,0:44:52.010
am I here it’ll and any religion can

0:44:49.490,0:44:53.630
answer that question any like good and

0:44:52.010,0:44:55.670
well developed religion can answer that

0:44:53.630,0:44:57.320
question which pretty much all religions

0:44:55.670,0:45:00.610
at this point are as long as you don’t

0:44:57.320,0:45:03.490
make it up all right so one last

0:45:00.610,0:45:06.040
this question that came out of that can

0:45:03.490,0:45:08.920
you observe more than one religion

0:45:06.040,0:45:12.160
faithfully I mean if you don’t entirely

0:45:08.920,0:45:15.040
believe in one religion and quite still

0:45:12.160,0:45:17.440
and believe in another and have beliefs

0:45:15.040,0:45:19.570
in another religion like you don’t

0:45:17.440,0:45:21.280
believe the Christian version of how the

0:45:19.570,0:45:23.710
world was created but you believe in its

0:45:21.280,0:45:25.690
afterlife you believe in the Islam

0:45:23.710,0:45:27.550
version of how the universe was created

0:45:25.690,0:45:30.550
but you don’t believe in its afterlife

0:45:27.550,0:45:33.130
you you don’t have shoes

0:45:30.550,0:45:35.080
well yeah you don’t have to choose you

0:45:33.130,0:45:37.330
don’t have to say directly which

0:45:35.080,0:45:39.310
religion you are it’s like a split

0:45:37.330,0:45:43.900
decision at that point you can just say

0:45:39.310,0:45:47.320
like like me I don’t believe I come from

0:45:43.900,0:45:50.470
a Jewish and Christian family I believe

0:45:47.320,0:45:53.050
in a higher power that created the

0:45:50.470,0:45:55.600
universe but also that a good and a bad

0:45:53.050,0:45:59.170
and a neutral place where people go when

0:45:55.600,0:46:02.200
they die so so religions kind of like a

0:45:59.170,0:46:04.420
buffet I guess you could pick and choose

0:46:02.200,0:46:06.100
what you want try a little bit of this

0:46:04.420,0:46:09.700
if you don’t like you just put it back

0:46:06.100,0:46:13.150
or throw it out and move on yes or it’s

0:46:09.700,0:46:14.740
like cable versus streaming where with

0:46:13.150,0:46:17.410
cable I get all the channels but I

0:46:14.740,0:46:19.390
wanted not I pay a ridiculous amount or

0:46:17.410,0:46:20.860
I can subscribe to different streaming

0:46:19.390,0:46:25.900
services and get just the stuff that I

0:46:20.860,0:46:29.320
want okay so streaming religion I like

0:46:25.900,0:46:31.240
that that was all the questions that I

0:46:29.320,0:46:32.350
had did you have anything else you

0:46:31.240,0:46:34.330
wanted to add or anything like that

0:46:32.350,0:46:38.470
before we come back for your closing

0:46:34.330,0:46:46.540
remarks no okay we’ll just take a quick

0:46:38.470,0:46:49.390
break and we’ll come right back go for

0:46:46.540,0:46:51.700
your closing remarks all righty so since

0:46:49.390,0:46:55.780
we were talking a bunch about religion

0:46:51.700,0:46:58.390
respect and how to live your life just

0:46:55.780,0:47:00.910
know live your life how you won as long

0:46:58.390,0:47:03.490
as you’re not harming anyone anything or

0:47:00.910,0:47:05.380
yourself as long as there’s no harm

0:47:03.490,0:47:07.090
induced in how you live your life go

0:47:05.380,0:47:09.370
ahead and live it however you want it

0:47:07.090,0:47:10.779
doesn’t matter with your gender your age

0:47:09.370,0:47:13.390
your religion

0:47:10.779,0:47:15.130
race you can be who you want to be in

0:47:13.390,0:47:17.709
society shouldn’t stop you from doing

0:47:15.130,0:47:19.779
that no matter how hard society pushes

0:47:17.709,0:47:21.849
you you shouldn’t care no one should

0:47:19.779,0:47:26.109
care you live your life how you wanted

0:47:21.849,0:47:30.039
to be and that’s that love yourself and

0:47:26.109,0:47:32.819
do what you want to do okay well and did

0:47:30.039,0:47:35.890
that one on a high note didn’t we yes

0:47:32.819,0:47:39.509
that was all we had this week Thank You

0:47:35.890,0:47:41.979
Manny for taking the time we will be

0:47:39.509,0:47:46.089
sort of springboarding off of this for

0:47:41.979,0:47:48.039
next week’s podcast in the meantime we

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