{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Get Me to the Gray","title":"Reason, Religion, Faith & the Unknown","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/04284d81\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2170,"description":"What is religion actually for?For thousands of years, religion has offered explanations for life's biggest mysteries. But what happens when reason replaces revelation? Can a religion survive if it no longer asks people to believe the supernatural?In this episode of Get Me to the Gray, Paula Lehman-Ewing sits down with Matt Ward, founder of New Atenism, to explore whether faith is essential to religion—or whether religion can evolve alongside human knowledge.The conversation begins with reason, science, and the role of speculation in human progress, but quickly moves somewhere deeper: What should we do with the unknown?Is faith simply belief without evidence? Or is it the willingness to live with questions that may never have answers?Rather than debating religion versus atheism, this episode asks a more fundamental question: Is religion meant to explain life's mysteries—or help us live with them?You can learn more about Matt Ward and New Atenism at newatenism.org.Learn more about COJA Presents at COJAServices.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xDm4WEtaY1kuGg7U1xEmiMi5JNX9SnZOz_I9A43MqwA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNzgz/YjQ5MmY4NmU1ODBm/YjhiNGIzZjMyNzY4/MWMxNS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}