Dan and Can Podcast

Deconstruct Everything
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Question everything. Think for yourself. Stay curious. Join husband-and-wife duo Dan & Can as we challenge conventional thinking, unpack beliefs, and deconstruct the ideas shaping our lives. Rooted in our journey out of evangelical Christianity, we explore religion, relationships, politics, psychology, and culture with humor, honesty, and open minds. Dan brings the heat. Can brings the sweet. Together, we're deconstructing the lives we were given so we can create the lives we want. Want more? Candid Canvas — CandidCanvasStudio.com Questions, ideas & guest inquiries: DanandCanPod@gmail.com

  1. 3d ago

    Why Fundamentalist Christianity Fears Secular Music Candid Conversations 184

    Why do some fundamentalist Christians fear secular music? Can music encourage critical thinking, challenge religious indoctrination, and help people begin deconstructing Christianity? In this episode of Candid Conversations, we explore the power of music, religious control, Christian worship music, and why exposure to different perspectives can feel threatening in high-control religious environments. Continuing our previous conversation about Christian music versus secular music, we discuss how music can expand our understanding of ourselves, other people, and the world around us. Growing up in fundamentalist or evangelical Christianity, many people were taught that secular music was worldly, dangerous, or even influenced by the devil. Listening to the wrong music could supposedly open doors to temptation, sin, or spiritual deception. But what if some of those doors lead to new perspectives, deeper empathy, and independent thinking? We also examine the differences between modern Christian praise and worship music and secular music. While both can be emotionally powerful, much contemporary worship music follows familiar lyrical and musical patterns that reinforce existing religious beliefs. Secular music, on the other hand, can introduce unfamiliar experiences, uncomfortable questions, and entirely different ways of understanding life. Music is more than entertainment. It can move us emotionally, introduce us to other people's experiences, and encourage us to reconsider what we believe. And that's true of art in general. When a belief system insists there's only one acceptable way to see the world, anything that invites another perspective can become a threat. We're not suggesting that all Christian music is bad or that every secular song encourages critical thinking. We're questioning why certain religious environments discourage people from exploring ideas outside their approved worldview. What happens when we stop being afraid of different perspectives and start getting curious? Join the conversation! Were you allowed to listen to secular music growing up? Did a particular song or artist help you question something you believed? Has your relationship with music changed since leaving Christianity? We'd love to hear your experience in the comments! Candid Conversations | Dan & CanYour Deconstructing Everything Podcast. Deconstructing the lives we were given so we can create the lives we want. Support our conversations:https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcan Explore Candid Canvas / Candid Hypnotherapy:Work with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): Candid Canvas Studio Subscribe for more candid conversations about healing, nervous system regulation, deconstruction, psychology, relationships, subconscious programming, and reclaiming your authentic self. #CandidConversations #DanAndCan #DanAndCanPodcast #ReligiousDeconstruction #DeconstructingChristianity #Exvangelical #SecularMusic #ChristianMusic #WorshipMusic #FundamentalistChristianity #EvangelicalChristianity #ReligiousTrauma #HighControlReligion #ReligiousIndoctrination #CriticalThinking #ReligiousControl #MusicAndPsychology #ArtAndHealing #LeavingReligion #QuestionEverything Reprogram Your Subconscious On Your Own Time: https://www.humanreprogram.com?sca_ref=12239479.1igrxtA4bmWHnM (We do receive a commission of any purchases here.) Email us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: Candid Canvas Studio

  2. 5d ago

    Dan & Can Podcast 195: Is Secular Music Really Demonic? | Deconstructing Christian Music

    We were taught that Christian music fed your spirit. Secular music fed your flesh—or worse, opened you up to something demonic. But what happens when the supposedly “worldly” music makes you feel something deeper than the Christian music ever did? In this episode of Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast, we're deconstructing one of the rules many of us inherited from evangelical Christianity: Christian music = good.Secular music = bad. We talk about growing up inside a Christian bubble where music could be judged primarily by whether it mentioned Jesus, God or explicitly Christian ideas. But once you step outside that bubble, something interesting happens. You discover music that wrestles with grief. Love.Loss.Anger.Injustice.Sexuality.Religion.Doubt.Longing. Beauty. Human connection. And sometimes those songs feel more profound, healing and even spiritual than music explicitly labeled “Christian.” We talk about songs and artists including A Perfect Circle, U2 and Hozier, and how songs like 3 Libras, Sunday Bloody Sunday and Take Me to Church can confront human experiences and religious ideas rather than wrapping every difficult emotion in an easy spiritual answer. And that raises a bigger question: Is it the word Jesus appearing in the lyrics? Or can spirituality emerge from the experience the music creates—the vulnerability, connection, emotion and recognition of something larger than our individual selves? We also talk about worship music. There was something genuinely powerful about standing in a room full of people and singing together. We don't have to deny that experience simply because we've deconstructed the theology surrounding it. But we've discovered something else: That experience doesn't belong exclusively to Christianity. Stand in a room full of people singing a deeply meaningful secular song together and something happens there too. People breathe together. Sing together. Feel together. For a few minutes, hundreds or thousands of separate human beings participate in the same emotional experience. That can feel sacred. Maybe music doesn't become meaningful because we've attached the correct religious label to it. Maybe music itself is one of the ways human beings process what it means to be alive. And perhaps cutting ourselves off from art because someone labeled it “secular” didn't protect our spirituality. Maybe it kept us from experiencing some of it. This is Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast. We're deconstructing the lives we were given so that we can create the lives we want. Support us:  https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcanWork with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): Candid Canvas Studio What actually makes music spiritual?Subscribe for more candid conversations about culture, deconstruction, relationships, healing, psychology, and rebuilding life with intention. #DanAndCanPodcast #DeconstructingPodcast #DeconstructingEverything #SecularMusic #ChristianMusic #WorshipMusic #ChristianDeconstruction #FaithDeconstruction #EvangelicalDeconstruction #ReligiousDeconstruction #Exvangelical #EvangelicalChristianity #Deconstruction #MusicIsMedicine #MusicTherapy #MusicAndEmotion #Spirituality #ReligiousTrauma #ChristianCulture #CriticalThinking  Email us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: Candid Canvas Studio

  3. Oct 16

    Candid Conversations 183:Do Evangelical Christians Really Trust God? | Faith vs. Control

    #ChristianNationalism #ChristianDeconstruction #FaithDeconstruction In this episode of Candid Conversations — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast, Dan and Candi examine a contradiction they see in some forms of evangelical Christianity, fundamentalist Christianity, and Christian nationalism. Christians frequently say that God is all-powerful, sovereign, in control, and capable of accomplishing his will. But if they genuinely believe that, why do some seem so afraid of what will happen unless they personally intervene? If God wants abortion to end, why does he need Christians to legislate their beliefs about abortion into law? If God promises protection, why do some believers seem convinced that owning guns is the only way to keep their families safe? If God is watching over their children, why do some Christian families fear public schools so much that they feel compelled to isolate their children from different beliefs and perspectives? And if God's will is ultimately going to be accomplished, why do some Christians believe they must use political power, legislation, and religious authority to force everyone else to live according to their interpretation of that will? We're asking a bigger question: Is this actually faith—or is it fear disguised as faith? Throughout this Candid Conversations episode, we deconstruct the relationship between evangelical Christianity, religious fear, Christian nationalism, political control, homeschooling, gun culture, abortion laws, and the belief that God is in control. We also explore the difference between living according to your personal religious convictions and demanding that other people live according to them. You can believe abortion is wrong without assuming that everyone must share your religious reasoning. You can choose Christian education for your own children without assuming public education is inherently dangerous. You can make personal decisions about safety without expecting everyone else to share your fears. But what happens when religious beliefs become a justification for controlling other people's lives? Maybe the question isn't whether Christians should have convictions. Maybe it's whether those convictions require controlling other people. And maybe a little more trust in God—if that's what someone believes in—could mean a little less fear of people who live differently. Can faith and freedom coexist without religious control? Join us as we continue deconstructing evangelical Christianity, religious conditioning, fear-based beliefs, and the systems that shape how we see ourselves and one another. This is Candid Conversations — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast. We're deconstructing the lives we were given so that we can create the lives we want. What do you think? Is trying to legislate religious morality an expression of faith, a lack of trust, or something more complicated? Subscribe for more candid conversations about healing, nervous system regulation, deconstruction, psychology, relationships, subconscious programming, and reclaiming your authentic self. Reprogram Your Subconscious On Your Own Time: https://www.humanreprogram.com?sca_ref=12239479.1igrxtA4bmWHnM (We do receive a commission of any purchases here.)Support us:  https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcanWork with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): Candid Canvas Studio#CandidConversations #DeconstructingPodcast #DeconstructingEverything #TrustGod #FaithVsFear #EvangelicalChristianity #FundamentalistChristianity #ReligiousDeconstruction #Exvangelical #ReligiousControl #ReligiousFreedom #SeparationOfChurchAndState #ChristianPolitics #ReligiousTrauma #LeavingEvangelicalism #CriticalThinking #Deconstruction Email us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: Candid Canvas Studio

  4. Oct 14

    Dan & Can Podcast 194 : Was Jesus a Deconstructionist? | What Jesus Was Actually For

    What was Jesus actually for? After an entire series spent Deconstructing Jesus, we thought we were finished. Turns out—we had one more conversation. In this final bonus episode of Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast, we're moving away from everything Jesus wasn't and asking what the teachings attributed to Jesus actually point toward. Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. Do good to those who hate you. Turn the other cheek. Care for the poor. Show mercy. Stop obsessing over religious performance while ignoring the human being standing in front of you. And that led us to an interesting thought: Obviously, Jesus wouldn't have used our modern terminology. But the Gospel stories repeatedly portray him questioning religious interpretations and traditions, challenging religious authorities, reconsidering how religious rules should function, and redirecting people's attention toward mercy, justice and love. He didn't appear interested in destroying Judaism or simply eliminating religion. Jesus was Jewish and operated within the Jewish religious world of his time. But he certainly challenged people over what religion was for. We also look back to the Hebrew Bible's practice of gleaning, where landowners were instructed not to harvest everything for themselves but to leave portions available for poor people and foreigners. Care for widows, orphans, the poor and marginalized wasn't simply supposed to be an occasional act of generosity—it was built into the community's responsibilities. That brings us to something we've discovered through our own deconstruction: Maybe religion can have value. Maybe ritual, tradition and spiritual community can remind us that we aren't the center of everything—that we're connected to other people, the world around us and perhaps something larger than ourselves. But problems begin when religion stops being a tool and becomes the formula for somebody else's life. When it tells everyone exactly how they must believe. How they must behave. Who they must become. Who belongs. Who doesn't. Who deserves love. And who deserves punishment. Maybe Jesus' radical message wasn't about creating another rigid religious system. Maybe it was much simpler—and much harder: Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. Care for people who need help. Show mercy. And don't use religion as an excuse to stop doing those things. After spending this series deconstructing the Jesus we inherited through evangelical Christianity, we're ending by asking what might remain when we strip away the nationalism, hierarchy, domination, fear and religious formulas surrounding him. Maybe deconstructing Jesus doesn't necessarily mean losing Jesus. Maybe it finally gives us permission to look at him again. This is Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast. We're deconstructing the lives we were given so that we can create the lives we want. Support us:  https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcanWork with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): http://CandidCoachingCo.com Was Jesus himself a deconstructionist?Subscribe for more candid conversations about culture, deconstruction, relationships, healing, psychology, and rebuilding life with intention.#DanAndCanPodcast #DeconstructingPodcast #DeconstructingEverything #DeconstructingJesus #Jesus #JesusOfNazareth #Deconstruction #FaithDeconstruction #ReligiousDeconstruction #EvangelicalDeconstruction #Exvangelical #EvangelicalChristianity #Christianity #LoveYourNeighbor #LoveYourEnemies #ReligiousTrauma #LeavingEvangelicalism #CriticalThinking #ProgressiveChristianity #SpiritualDeconstruction Email us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: https://CandidCoachingCo.com

  5. Oct 9

    Candid Conversations 182: Why Are Good Men Afraid to Speak Up? | Raising Courageous Boys

    The allegations surrounding the so-called Cornell Seven started a conversation in our house that we weren't expecting. Not simply: Would our son ever participate in something like this? We believe we know his answer to that. We asked him something harder: If other boys were doing something you knew was wrong, would you stop them? Would you speak up? Would you call someone? His answer was surprisingly honest. He wasn't sure. Not because he thought the behavior was okay. Because he understood something else: Speaking up could put a target on his own back. And THAT became the conversation. In this episode of Candid Conversations — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast, we're not trying the allegations against seven former Cornell fraternity members in the court of public opinion. A civil lawsuit alleges that a Cornell student was drugged and sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members in 2024, allegations that have generated renewed scrutiny of the university and the handling of the case. AP News We're asking a different question: It's easy to teach a boy: Don't assault women. Don't abuse people. Don't become the bad guy. But maybe that's not enough. What happens when his friend does something wrong? What happens when the popular guy does it? What happens when the entire group is laughing—and speaking up means risking his friendships, reputation or place in the group? What happens when doing the right thing costs him something? We talk about something that doesn't get nearly enough attention: Boys can be afraid of other boys and men. They can understand the social consequences of violating the expectations of the group. And that means raising better men can't only be about teaching boys what not to do. We have to teach them what courage looks like when someone else is doing it. Speak up. Get help. Call someone. Protect the vulnerable person. Walk away from friendships that require you to abandon your values to remain part of the group. And understand that losing people who only accept you when you conform isn't necessarily losing your community. It might be how you eventually find a better one. We also ask whether we've confused masculinity with dominance. Because maybe one of the most genuinely masculine things a man can do isn't intimidating somebody weaker than himself. Maybe it's being willing to stand between someone vulnerable and someone dangerous—even when the dangerous person is another man. That's protection. That's strength. That's courage. And that's the kind of masculinity we'd like our boys to grow into. The Cornell allegations are horrifying. But if our only response is identifying a handful of “bad men,” we can miss the larger cultural question. What kind of men are we collectively raising? And what would have to change so that the boy watching something wrong happen doesn't have to wonder whether doing the right thing will leave him standing alone? Subscribe for more candid conversations about healing, nervous system regulation, deconstruction, psychology, relationships, subconscious programming, and reclaiming your authentic self. What are we teaching the boys standing around them?Reprogram Your Subconscious On Your Own Time: https://www.humanreprogram.com?sca_ref=12239479.1igrxtA4bmWHnM (We do receive a commission of any purchases here.)Support us:  https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcanWork with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): Candid Canvas Studio#CandidConversations #DeconstructingPodcast #DeconstructingEverything #CornellSeven #CornellUniversity #RaisingBoys #RaisingMen #HealthyMasculinity #ToxicMasculinity #MensCulture #MaleFriendship #PeerPressure #BystanderIntervention #Consent #SexualAssaultAwareness #Patriarchy #GenderRoles #Courage #ProtectWomen #Deconstruction Email us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: Candid Canvas Studio

  6. Oct 7

    Dan & Can Podcast 193: Jesus Rejected Religious Hierarchy | What Christianity Built Anyway

    In this final episode of our Deconstructing Jesus series on Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast, we're ending with one of the biggest differences we see between the Jesus portrayed in the Gospels and some of the Christianity that developed in his name: Hierarchy. James and John—the “sons of thunder”—ask Jesus for positions of honor beside him. It's exactly the kind of hierarchy human beings understand: Who gets the best seat? Who's above whom? Who has authority? Who gets to be important? But Jesus responds by pointing toward the rulers around them who “lord it over” other people—and tells his followers that it isn't supposed to work that way among them. Instead, greatness is expressed through service. Later, Paul would write that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female—language emphasizing a shared identity across some of the major social divisions of his world. And yet Christianity developed plenty of hierarchies of its own. Pastor over congregation. Men over women. Religious authorities over ordinary believers. And sometimes pastors are treated as though they occupy a special spiritual position between ordinary people and God. We react to a pastor insisting that he shouldn't simply be addressed as “brother”—he is Pastor—and presenting the pastor as someone standing in the gap spiritually for other believers. And we ask: How did a movement centered around a man who warned his followers against lording authority over one another become so obsessed with titles, positions and spiritual authority? Throughout this series, we've deconstructed the Jesus we inherited. Militant Jesus. Nationalist Jesus. Prosperity Jesus. Alpha-male Jesus. The Jesus used to justify domination, hierarchy and control. And we've compared those portraits with the Jesus we find when we return to the Gospel stories: someone portrayed as confronting religious power, showing mercy toward outsiders, warning about wealth, elevating service over status and challenging conventional ideas about who gets to be important. That doesn't mean every question about Jesus has an easy answer. It means we're finally willing to ask the questions. And maybe that's a fitting place to end Deconstructing Jesus. Because deconstruction was never about replacing one unquestionable version of Jesus with another. It was about becoming willing to look again. This is Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast. We're deconstructing the lives we were given so that we can create the lives we want. Support us:  https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcanWork with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): http://CandidCoachingCo.com Subscribe for more candid conversations about culture, deconstruction, relationships, healing, psychology, and rebuilding life with intention. #DanAndCanPodcast #DeconstructingPodcast #DeconstructingEverything #DeconstructingJesus #Jesus #JesusOfNazareth #ReligiousHierarchy #ChurchHierarchy #ChurchLeadership #PastorCulture #EvangelicalChristianity #EvangelicalDeconstruction #FaithDeconstruction #ReligiousDeconstruction #Exvangelical #Deconstruction #SpiritualAbuse #ChurchCulture #Christianity #CriticalThinking Email us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: https://CandidCoachingCo.com

  7. Oct 2

    Candid Conversations 181: Who Told Women Gossip Was Bad? | Deconstructing Gossip & Patriarchy

    What if everything we were taught about gossip deserves a second look? In this episode of Candid Conversations — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast, we react to a video challenging the assumption that when women talk about other people and their experiences, they're automatically being petty, malicious or tearing someone down.Because gossip and slander aren't necessarily the same thing.There absolutely is harmful gossip. People can spread lies, humiliate others, violate confidences and use information as a weapon.But there's another kind of conversation that matters enormously:“Is this happening to you too?”Those conversations allow people to compare experiences.Recognize patterns.Warn each other.Discover that something they thought was an individual problem is happening to many people.And sometimes organize to change it.Throughout history, women's ability to gather, communicate and organize has been crucial to movements for women's political, economic and social rights. Women didn't gain voting rights, greater financial independence and other legal protections because everyone individually and silently arrived at the same conclusion.They talked to each other.And that got us thinking about the word gossip itself.When does sharing information become malicious gossip—and when is calling something “gossip” a convenient way of discouraging people from comparing notes? We also talk about patriarchy and why rigid gender hierarchies don't only affect women. Systems that restrict women's voices, autonomy and opportunities obviously harm women. But systems that tell men they must dominate, suppress vulnerability, compete constantly and conform to rigid definitions of masculinity can constrain men too. So maybe gossip is another thing worth deconstructing. Not so we can justify cruelty, rumors or betraying people's trust. But so we can reclaim the importance of safe conversations. Maybe we need the lunch table. The group chat. The coffee date. The circle of people we trust enough to say: “Something doesn't feel right. Has this happened to you?” Because sometimes another person saying “Yes. Me too.” changes everything. And sometimes the first step toward changing a system is simply discovering: You're not the only one experiencing it. This is Candid Conversations — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast. We're deconstructing the lives we were given so that we can create the lives we want. Subscribe for more candid conversations about healing, nervous system regulation, deconstruction, psychology, relationships, subconscious programming, and reclaiming your authentic self. Reprogram Your Subconscious On Your Own Time: https://www.humanreprogram.com?sca_ref=12239479.1igrxtA4bmWHnM (We do receive a commission of any purchases here.) Support us:  https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcanWork with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): http://CandidCoachingCo.com#CandidConversations #DeconstructingPodcast #DeconstructingEverything #Gossip #WomenWhoTalk #WomensHistory #WomensRights #Patriarchy #GenderRoles #Feminism #WomenSupportingWomen #WomensVoices #GenderEquality #Deconstruction #SocialConditioning #WomenEmpowerment #HealthyCommunication #FemaleFriendship #CriticalThinking #CommunityEmail us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: https://CandidCoachingCo.com

  8. Sep 30

    Dan & Can Podcast 192: The “Alpha Male” Jesus Isn’t in the Gospels | Deconstructing Jesus

    In this episode of Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast, we continue our Deconstructing Jesus series by examining a version of Jesus that's becoming increasingly visible in parts of American evangelical Christianity: muscular Jesus. He's ripped. He's aggressive. He's carrying the cross like a warrior. He's powerful, dominant and ready to return to destroy his enemies. Basically, Jesus becomes the ultimate alpha bro. But is that actually the Jesus portrayed in the Gospels? When we look closer, we find something much more interesting. Jesus isn't simply meek and mild—and he isn't constantly throwing his authority around either. He seems to understand when strength is necessary and who actually needs to experience it. When he's interacting with ordinary people, outsiders, people considered “sinners,” the hurting and those pushed to the margins, we repeatedly encounter compassion, patience and mercy. Put him in front of religious leaders whom the Gospel writers portray as hypocritical, controlling or burdening other people with religious rules? That's when Jesus gets harsh. He calls religious leaders whitewashed tombs and a brood of vipers. He challenges their authority. He questions their rules. He refuses to participate in religious systems simply because those systems claim God's authority. That doesn't look like weakness to us. It looks like knowing how to use power. We also talk about the Good Samaritan, where Jesus makes the hero of the story someone outside the expected religious boundaries. And when the story is finished, Jesus doesn't tell his listener: “Go believe exactly the right things.” He tells him: “Go and do likewise.” Show mercy. That's a radically different way of measuring someone's goodness. We also explore the biblical language of love: patient, kind, not insisting on its own way, not keeping a record of wrongs. Those aren't descriptions of domination. And maybe that's where the modern “alpha Jesus” gets strength wrong. Physical force is one of the simplest ways human beings can demonstrate power. Real strength can require something harder: knowing when NOT to use the power you possess. Knowing when to confront. Knowing when to be gentle. Knowing when to protect. Knowing when to show mercy. Knowing when someone doesn't need correction—they need compassion. Jesus' message was radical in his world, and perhaps it's still radical today: Love your neighbor. Love your enemy. Show mercy. And stop confusing domination with strength. We're continuing to deconstruct the Jesus we inherited through evangelical Christianity and compare him with the Jesus we encounter in the Gospel stories. This is Dan & Can — Your Deconstructing Everything Podcast. We're deconstructing the lives we were given so that we can create the lives we want. Support us:  https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcanWork with Candace (Hypnotherapy & Subconscious Reprogramming after leaving toxic religion): http://CandidCoachingCo.com Subscribe for more candid conversations about culture, deconstruction, relationships, healing, psychology, and rebuilding life with intention. #DanAndCanPodcast #DeconstructingPodcast #DeconstructingEverything #DeconstructingJesus #Jesus #JesusOfNazareth #AlphaMale #AlphaMaleCulture #EvangelicalChristianity #ChristianNationalism #EvangelicalDeconstruction #FaithDeconstruction #ReligiousDeconstruction #Exvangelical #Deconstruction #GoodSamaritan #LoveYourNeighbor #LoveYourEnemies #Christianity #CriticalThinking Email us: DanandCanPod@gmail.com Website: ⁠https://danandcan.com/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwo81prdWtTl29X5ffC73w Help w/Deconstruction: https://CandidCoachingCo.com

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Question everything. Think for yourself. Stay curious. Join husband-and-wife duo Dan & Can as we challenge conventional thinking, unpack beliefs, and deconstruct the ideas shaping our lives. Rooted in our journey out of evangelical Christianity, we explore religion, relationships, politics, psychology, and culture with humor, honesty, and open minds. Dan brings the heat. Can brings the sweet. Together, we're deconstructing the lives we were given so we can create the lives we want. Want more? Candid Canvas — CandidCanvasStudio.com Questions, ideas & guest inquiries: DanandCanPod@gmail.com

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