A single claim can change a century: “God is dead.” We take that line out of the meme jar and set it on the table next to real lives, real laws, and the moral gridlock we feel every day. With a priest, a rabbi, and a millennial at the mics, we ask whether every viewpoint is “just perspective” or whether some claims truly align with reality better than others.
We start with Nietzsche’s perspectivism and the modern habit of flattening all views into equal truth. The panel separates what we observe from how we interpret, arguing that humility about bias shouldn’t end debate—it should sharpen it. From there we tackle “slave morality,” the charge that compassion, humility, and turning the other cheek are tactics of the powerless. Drawing from Jewish and Christian sources, we counter that the goal is never to sanctify weakness but to transform it—strength is meant to lift the poor, protect the vulnerable, and check the powerful. We also examine the prosperity gospel against the book of Job and the difference between poverty as deprivation and poverty of spirit as freedom from attachment.
Then we read “God is dead” as diagnosis: once transcendence is removed, power becomes its own justification. History answers with world wars, purges, and legal systems that excuse evil under orders. We discuss sovereignty without moral law, why relativism refutes itself, and how a participatory, living God anchors human dignity across tribes, markets, and states. Even in a fractured culture, there’s overlap worth defending—truth-telling, the value of life, care for the stranger—and those shared goods can still unite people who argue fiercely about everything else.
If you’re wrestling with moral relativism, faith and reason, or how to act when the ground feels shaky, this conversation offers clarity without clichés. Listen, share with a friend who loves philosophy or theology, and tell us where you still find common ground. If the episode moves you, subscribe, leave a review, and send your thoughts to ashooffaith1070@gmail.com so we can keep the conversation going.
