God Without Religion

Either something happened during childhood to turn you away from religion or you grew up and got damaged by religious people--either way and for all the ways in between, many of us have been hurt by religion, church, and the people in it.

But then you find yourself craving and longing for some of the good that's available in religion and yet you still can't stand either the politics, the ritual, or the people.

What do you do?

There is a way to make peace with the vast imperfections of religion and find your way back to a God beyond religion. The first of three parts, this episode looks at two questions: What is religion? Is religion the same as God?