Taste0ftruth Tuesdays

Megan Leigh Abernathy-Sorensen
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Taste of truth Tuesdays are bite sized conversations on all thing's fitness, nutrition, mindset and spirituality. Whether you're looking to improve your workouts, upgrade your nutrition, cultivate a more positive mindset, or critically reevaluate beliefs, doctrines and practices, we've got you covered! Join me, each week as we dive into the latest trends, debunking myths, and exploring practical tips for living a healthier and a more balanced lifestyle.

  1. Christianity and the Myth of Saving the West

    6D AGO

    Christianity and the Myth of Saving the West

    Welcome back! In this episode of Taste of Truth Tuesdays, I examine one of the most common claims in modern political and religious rhetoric: that Christianity saved Western civilization. Did Christianity create human rights, pluralism, and rational inquiry? Or did the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire contribute to religious enforcement, temple destruction, and the narrowing of intellectual life in late antiquity? Drawing from historians like Catherine Nixey, Charles Freeman, Ramsay MacMullen, and primary sources from the fourth and fifth centuries, we explore what actually happened when Christianity moved from persecuted minority to imperial power under Constantine and Theodosius. Topics include: The demographic shift of Christianity in the fourth century• Imperial laws against pagan ritual and temple destruction• The murder of Hypatia of Alexandria• The martyr narrative and how it functions historically and apologetically• The loss of classical literature and the closing of philosophical schools• The plea for pluralism from Symmachus• The Enlightenment, separation of church and state, and whether Christianity “gave us” human rightsThis is not an attack on personal faith. It is an examination of power, history, and civilizational myth. If we misunderstand how pluralism actually survived, we risk mistaking religious supremacy for stability. EPISODE BLOG 🆕🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. ⁠Book Recommendations – Taste0ftruth Tuesdays 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review and send it to a friend! Thank you for listening! I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X!  🎶Intro & Outro Music: “An Acoustic Guitar” by StepanBel Licensed via Envato

    41 min
  2. When Discipline Stops Working...

    JAN 20

    When Discipline Stops Working...

    What Women Were Never Told About Weight, Aging, and Control In this first episode of 2026, I wanted to slow things down and start the year with a deeper conversation instead of chasing the latest wellness talking points. This episode explores what happens when discipline stops producing the results women were promised. Drawing from Why Women Need Fat, The Body Project, and More Than a Body, I unpack why women’s bodies change across the lifespan, why weight gain is so often misread as personal failure, and how biology, history, and culture collide in the female body. We talk about fat distribution versus fat quantity, waist-to-hip ratio, biological set point, metabolic adaptation, and why women’s bodies respond to stress, illness, restriction, and aging by adapting rather than “bouncing back.” This is not a diet episode or a motivation talk. It’s about understanding the body instead of fighting it. If you’ve ever felt confused or judged by changes in your body despite doing everything “right,” this conversation is for you. 🖇️Podcast BLOG 🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. ⁠Book Recommendations 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review and send it to a friend! Thank you for listening! I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X!  🎶Intro & Outro Music: “An Acoustic Guitar” by StepanBel Licensed via Envato

    30 min
  3. Projection, Power, and the Pagan Revival

    12/30/2025

    Projection, Power, and the Pagan Revival

    When Belief Becomes ControlWelcome Back! This episode isn’t about religion versus religion. It’s about power, fear, and what happens when belief hardens into certainty. I’m joined by Sigrin, founder of Universal Pagan Temple, to talk about Pagan revivalism, leaving Christianity as self-preservation, and why Paganism keeps getting framed as a threat in modern culture. We discuss fear-based theology, social control inside high-pressure Christian environments, and how conformity can become more important than honesty. From there, we critically examine the book Pagan Threat, its claims about Pagan “groupthink,” and the irony of labeling Paganism as globalist when it is inherently local and decentralized. This is a conversation about belief, authority, projection, and what spiritual responsibility looks like without coercion. EPISODE BLOG!  Ways to Support Universal Pagan Temple Every bit of support helps keep the temple lights on, create more free content, and maintain our community altar. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!  Buy me a coffee (one-time support)  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/UniversalPaganTemple Make a direct donation to the temple  https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=6TMJ4KYHXB36U Become a Patreon/Subscribestar member (monthly perks & exclusive content)  https://www.patreon.com/universalpagantemplehttps://www.subscribestar.com/the-pagan-prepper Join our Substack community (articles, rituals & updates)  https://universalpagantemple.substack.com Book a Rune or Tarot reading (Etsy)  https://www.etsy.com/shop/RunicGifts Grab our books on Amazon   •Wicca & Magick: Complete Beginner’s Guide    https://www.amazon.com/Wicca-Magick-Complete-Beginners-Guide-ebook/dp/B019MZN8LQ* Runes: Healing and Diet by Sigrún and Freya Aswynnhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FP25KH4#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor• The Egyptian Gods and Goddesses for Beginners    https://www.amazon.com/Egyptian-Gods-Goddesses-Beginners-Worshiping/dp/1537100092Even just watching, liking, commenting, and sharing is a huge help!  Blessed be ✨ 🆕🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. ⁠Book Recommendations 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review and send it to a friend! Thank you for listening! I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X!

    1h 7m
  4. The Older Story Beneath Christmas

    12/23/2025

    The Older Story Beneath Christmas

    Every December, the same argument shows up: Is Christmas pagan? Is it Christian? Is it Saturnalia? Is it Jesus’ birthday? In this episode, we step past the argument and into the history beneath it. We explore how winter was understood long before Christianity. Why solstice mattered for survival. How land, hearth, and household ritual shaped meaning. And how pre-Christian traditions like Yule and Mother’s Night weren’t gently inherited, but actively suppressed, erased, and selectively absorbed. This isn’t about aesthetics or trend-based paganism. It’s about memory. What was buried. What survived.And why it’s stirring again. 🕯️🌲 Episode blog 🖇️ 🆕🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. ⁠Book Recommendations 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review and send it to a friend! Thank you for listening! I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X!  Music: “An Acoustic Guitar” by StepanBel Licensed for use

    25 min
  5. The Historical Jesus Fact or Fiction? PART 2

    12/09/2025

    The Historical Jesus Fact or Fiction? PART 2

    Welcome back to Taste of Truth Tuesdays! Today's episode is Part Two that dives into the final five “Historical Jesus” myths people love to repeat, plus a quick reality check for the mythicist side too. In this episode: Myth #6–7: “Archaeology & Non-Christian Sources Prove Jesus”What the evidence actually shows — and what it doesn’t. Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny, archaeology… none of it confirms a historical Jesus. Myth #8: “Paul Supports the Gospel Jesus”Paul’s Jesus is visionary and scriptural, not biographical. His silence tells its own story. Myth #9: “Christianity Began With Jesus and His Disciples”Early Christianity was a swirl of competing revelation cults, not a unified movement led by a Galilean teacher. Myth #10: “Christianity Spread Too Fast to Be a Myth”The real timeline: tiny, scattered growth for two centuries — then a political supernova under Constantine. Also: A Critical Look at MythicistsWhy agreement on the conclusion doesn’t mean agreement on the methods. We talk about:• where Fitzgerald’s arguments fall short• why Tim O’Neill’s critique matters (even with his own biases)• how atheist spaces often recreate the same purity culture they mock This episode isn’t about choosing sides — it’s about evidence, clarity, and refusing to trade one orthodoxy for another. 📚 Sources & Notes:Full citations are here: EPISODE BLOG 💬 Join the conversation: Thoughts, questions, pushback? I want to hear it. Have thoughts? Pushback? Questions? I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X!  If you enjoy the show, hit follow and share with someone who’s tired of inherited narratives. 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review, or if on YouTube please like the video and subscribe!  Aaand as always…Maintain your curiosity, embrace skepticism, and keep tuning in. 🎙️🔒 🎧 Thank you for listening

    55 min
  6. Social Miasm Theory: The Biology of a Sick Society

    11/25/2025

    Social Miasm Theory: The Biology of a Sick Society

    Welcome Back! In today’s episode, I’m sitting down with my friend & researcher Stephinity Salazar to explore her new paper Social Miasm Theory. A framework that connects suppression, chronic illness, psychological stress, and the breakdown we’re seeing in society. We talk about the roots of miasm theory in homeopathy, what “suppression” actually means (beyond symptoms and meds), and how emotional, environmental, and social forces shape the terrain we live in. We also get into:• how chronic stress and toxic exposures shift the body's internal environment• why suppressed trauma doesn’t stay “internal” — it shows up everywhere• the idea of mind parasites (Dennett) and biological parasites that alter behavior• what happens when ideas hijack human psychology• the role of censorship, scientism, and materialist dogma• how emotional honesty and terrain support can change everything• what healing looks like on a personal and collective level Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or somewhere in-between, this episode offers a different lens for understanding why our world feels the way it does and how suppression might be driving more of it than we realize. Listen with an open mind, hold onto your critical thinking, and take what resonates. Episode blog! Stephinity’s website: YOUR BODY ELECTRIC YOUR BODY ELECTRIC | FULL SPECTRUM FREQUENCY MEDICINE Social Miasm Theory: Revisiting Chronic Illness from a Meta-Perspective of Suppression [truncated version, pre-JSE publishing] Official published paper Miasms Find her on Linkden  And Instagram 🆕🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. ⁠Book Recommendations 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review and send it to a friend! Thank you for listening! I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X!

    1h 45m
  7. How Faith Superseded Reason in Christianity

    11/20/2025

    How Faith Superseded Reason in Christianity

    The “Truth” Trap: How Apologetics Stops You From ThinkingIt's a bonus edition episode: Taste Test Thursdays! Modern apologetics loves to dress itself up as “investigation” but the deeper you look, the more it functions like a thought-management system. In this episode, we unpack why so many Christians mistake certainty for truth, how group identity hijacks reasoning, and why apologetics relies on psychological shortcuts to keep believers inside the frame. We dig into: How beliefs fused to group identity make truth optional Why apologetics doesn’t encourage questions — it funnels you toward the “right” ones Charles Freeman, Mark Noll, and the long lineage of Christian anti-intellectualism The cultural world early apologists were actually arguing against (spoiler: Christianity wasn’t unique back then) How credence works differently from factual belief — and why rituals override reality Why modern “case for Christ” narratives still lean on authority, not evidence Including examples like churches renting out gymnasiums and declaring the bleachers “sacred,” or how rituals temporarily suspend our grasp on everyday reality the same way stage actors inhabit a world that isn’t real — without ever breaking the physics of the stage. If you’ve ever felt like Christian “investigations” were stacked decks, curated evidence loops, or ready-made conclusions packaged as inquiry, this episode will make the whole structure visible. A sharp, honest conversation about belief, identity, and why the modern apologetics machine isn’t broken-- it’s functioning exactly as designed. Episode BLOG! 🆕🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. ⁠Book Recommendations 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review and send it to a friend! Thank you for listening! I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X!

    32 min
  8. The Historical Jesus Fact or Fiction?

    11/11/2025

    The Historical Jesus Fact or Fiction?

    Welcome back! In this episode of Taste of Truth Tuesdays, I sit down with author and researcher David Fitzgerald to unpack Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All. We focus on: Myth #1: “The idea that Jesus being a myth is ridiculous” → Why the historical evidence for Jesus doesn’t match the hype (think Caesar crossing the Rubicon). Myth #4: “Eyewitnesses wrote the Gospels” → How the timeline and authorship reveal a different story. Myth #5: “The Gospels give a consistent picture of Jesus” → How each Gospel portrays a radically different Jesus. David also shares his 25+ year research process, the myths that get the most pushback, and what it’s like to challenge cultural assumptions about Jesus. For infographics, timelines, biblical quotes, and historical references, check out the episode blog! 📚 Books by David Fitzgerald: Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All Jesus: Mything in Action The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion 💬 Your Turn: David wants to hear from you! If you have questions or theories to explore, drop them in the comments on the blog or send them to me. We’ll bring a few of your questions into Part 2, where we’ll tackle Myth #7: “Archaeology Confirms the Gospels.” What else should we cover? 🙏 Please help this podcast reach a larger audience in hope to edify & encourage others! To do so: leave a 5⭐️ review and send it to a friend! Thank you for listening! I’d love to hear from you, find me on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠ @taste0ftruth⁠⁠⁠ , @megan_mefit , ⁠⁠⁠ Pinterest! ⁠⁠ ⁠ Substack and on X! 🆕🆕This collection includes books that have deeply influenced my thinking, challenged my assumptions, and shaped my content. ⁠Book Recommendations – Taste0ftruth Tuesdays

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Taste of truth Tuesdays are bite sized conversations on all thing's fitness, nutrition, mindset and spirituality. Whether you're looking to improve your workouts, upgrade your nutrition, cultivate a more positive mindset, or critically reevaluate beliefs, doctrines and practices, we've got you covered! Join me, each week as we dive into the latest trends, debunking myths, and exploring practical tips for living a healthier and a more balanced lifestyle.

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  • Creator
    Megan Leigh Abernathy-Sorensen
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    71
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Megan Leigh Abernathy-Sorensen
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