web01.fireside.fm Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:08:14 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) the Wikkid podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Deconstructing Faith” https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/tags/deconstructing%20faith Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0500 Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades. contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson en-ca serial church upbringing gone wrong, depression... and music Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore Being raised in a strict fundamentalist Christian group in the 1980s can cause some very predictable problems. Depression can be a Christian teenager's most constant companion despite church promises to the contrary. Dark humour, and even darker music, can help. This podcast is centered around the songs I wrote to deal back then, and what happened when I then picked away at recording workable versions of them for decades. contact me with questions and comments at wikkidperson@gmail.com or on Twitter @WikkidPerson no home recording, guitar, depression, fundamentalism, plymouth brethren, wikkid, wicked, wikked Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore wikkidperson@gmail.com Episode 76: My Enemy, My Self https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/76 35f6a4da-77ea-46d6-9f30-0e56ce4c50d8 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0500 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 76 My Enemy, My Self full 6 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore Is spirituality really about finally winning, or surrendering, a battle with one's self? 34:50 no Is spirituality really about finally winning, or surrendering, a battle with one's self? plymouth brethren, deconstructing faith Is spirituality really about finally winning, or surrendering, a battle with one's self?

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]]> Episode 75: The Necessity of the Negative https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/75 a3cfa7c4-cbdf-4add-b6e9-92ecf6ae5487 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0500 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 75 The Necessity of the Negative full 6 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore How are you going to hope if you don't want to have a long, hard look at something things that could do with fixing? 29:16 no How are you going to hope if you don't want to have a long, hard look at something things that could do with fixing? plymouth brethren, deconstructing faith How are you going to hope if you don't want to have a long, hard look at something things that could do with fixing?

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]]> Episode 74: Faith, Belief and Indoctrination https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/74 3a5253a1-9e8b-4187-80e8-303f298544d9 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:00:00 -0500 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 74 Faith, Belief and Indoctrination full 6 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore In which I argue that faith isn't a blind guess, nor it is wishing, and that indoctrination is something others do, for their own benefit, and not yours, to force the appearance of faith when it isn't occurring. 59:42 no In which I argue that faith isn't a blind guess, nor it is wishing, and that indoctrination is something others do, for their own benefit, and not yours, to force the appearance of faith when it isn't occurring. Tom Wadsworth's views on "worship" are gone into a bit. plymouth brethren, deconstructing faith, tom wadsworth, indoctrination, worship In which I argue that faith isn't a blind guess, nor it is wishing, and that indoctrination is something others do, for their own benefit, and not yours, to force the appearance of faith when it isn't occurring. Tom Wadsworth's views on "worship" are gone into a bit.

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]]> Episode 73: The Scorecard https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/73 325ee4e2-0fc9-4927-884e-906fb166f0d2 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:00:00 -0500 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 73 The Scorecard full 6 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore Subtractive virtue. Trying to live The Good Life by removing things from yours. 30:24 no Subtractive virtue. Trying to live The Good Life by removing things from yours. plymouth brethren, deconstructing faith Subtractive virtue. Trying to live The Good Life by removing things from yours.

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]]> Episode 72: Preamble to Season 6 https://purring-sanctuary-703.fireside.fm/72 03a0f1ce-ee19-40cb-a368-a83dbb5978df Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:00:00 -0500 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore 72 Preamble to Season 6 full 6 Mike "that Wikkid Person" Moore Now on YouTube! This season will mainly involve me summing up my current positions on some of the primarily philosophical, theological and doctrinal ideas tossed around in previous seasons. 8:30 no Now on YouTube! This season will mainly involve me summing up my current positions on some of the primarily philosophical, theological and doctrinal ideas tossed around in previous seasons. If you'd like to have your voice heard in upcoming episodes of the podcast, either literally, or with me reading your comments, hit me up at WikkidPersonAtGmailDotCom. plymouth brethren, deconstructing faith Now on YouTube! This season will mainly involve me summing up my current positions on some of the primarily philosophical, theological and doctrinal ideas tossed around in previous seasons.

If you'd like to have your voice heard in upcoming episodes of the podcast, either literally, or with me reading your comments, hit me up at WikkidPersonAtGmailDotCom.

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If you'd like to have your voice heard in upcoming episodes of the podcast, either literally, or with me reading your comments, hit me up at WikkidPersonAtGmailDotCom.

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