Today, we flip the script: Kent C. Dodds is the host, and I'll be the guest.

I had the opportunity to talk about how I was raised in a nominally Catholic environment, but left it at age 14 when I was convinced atheism was the thing smart people do.

We also chatted about what brought me back, and why I decided to, among all possible paths, to join the Catholic Church.

In this episode, TJ DeVries joins me to talk about Dostoevsky, suffering, and whether nailing your own testicles to the ground is a smart idea.

We talked about predestination, Calvinism, the various views of God's omnipotence, and resolve the 500-year long dispute on the matter. It is safe to say if we were alive in the 16th century, history would have been a lot more peaceful.

We also covered the universe as a simulation, and how order in the universe points to design.

Connect with TJ:
https://twitter.com/teej_dv
https://twitch.tv/teej_dv
https://www.youtube.com/@teej_dv

Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Brandon Bayer. He is the creator of Blitz.js, and the founder of Flightcontrol. Brandon and I talked about his upbringing in the Old German Baptist Brethren Church. He walked us through his journey from a social Christian towards a true believer, and how that impacted his life, and his work.

Learn more about Brandon:
https://twitter.com/flybayer

Learn more about Flightcontrol:
https://flightcontrol.dev