{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"How to Humanist","title":"#7 Mustard and the Condiments of Righteousness with Shawn Towers","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3138,"description":"For years, Shawn Towers ate the mustard. Didn't ask them to take it back, didn't make a fuss, just swallowed it because that's what a good Christian man did. Turns out that burger was a metaphor for every indignity he'd been quietly absorbing in the name of forgiveness, righteousness, and not going to hell. Shawn is a former devout believer, a father, and a man who has done enough work on himself to know exactly where forgiveness ends and self-preservation begins.In this episode, Shawn and Shay get into why forgiveness has always been a Christian project, why Black Americans have been handed a disproportionate bill for it, why your kids are hiding things from you because you made yourself into a superhero instead of a human, and why forgiving yourself for skipping the gym might actually be where all real freedom starts. Also, he's getting the burger remade. Every time. No exceptions.ABOUT SHAWN TOWERSShawn Towers is a speaker, creator, and former preacher turned agnostic, creating space for honest conversations after deconstruction. He shares vulnerable stories about faith, identity, and fatherhood beyond belief.TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@mannanite LEARN MORE:American Empathy Project: https://americanempathyproject.orgFor more on humanism: https://linktr.ee/americanhumanist","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JKlJ5EIuPW4cps3Fs9nAWTF4YZ05GNn5OiSPTLdWEvw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mOGI0/MjYzYzk1YjRhNjQ3/M2I4YTM5YTEwNGFh/NmJlZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}