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Beyond Certainty with Rev. Raél Hadley

Beyond Certainty

CONVERSATIONS WITH RAÉL & MYLA

The questions that stay with you after the easy answers stop.

Raél Hadley and his sister Myla explore inherited belief, free will, consciousness, identity, love, and mortality through questions, disagreement, and conversation.

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Why I Changed My Mind About Kids

wanting twenty kids is a fun phase until you do the math #familyplanning #parenting #relationshipproblems #shorts

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Trying to Understand Irrational Human Behavior

Some people are literally just put on this earth to cause a ruckus. #Jakari #humanbehavior #mindboggling #rant #shorts

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Having Kids Just to Fulfill Goals

Trying to Understand Irrational Human Behavior #shorts

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Matching Energy During Heated Arguments

Having Kids Just to Fulfill Goals #shorts

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The Good and Bad of Analyzing Emotions

Matching Energy During Heated Arguments #shorts

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The Danger of Imposed Lifestyles

Who said you actually have to go to college, get married, and have kids on the exact script society handed you? #societalnorms #lifescript #unconventional #modernlife #shorts

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Transforming Arguments Into Meaningful Conversations

The Danger of Imposed Lifestyles #shorts

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When to Walk Away From Conversations

Transforming Arguments Into Meaningful Conversations #shorts

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Treating People How You Want Treatment

Treating people well takes less effort than getting dressed in the morning. Just ask yourself how you want to be talked to. #kindnessmatters #dailyroutine #perspective #character #shorts

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Staying Composed While Someone Is Yelling

Is Wanting Twenty Kids Selfish? #shorts

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What If the Purpose Is Just Existing?

Staying Composed While Someone Is Yelling #shorts

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The Power of Choosing Your Perspective

What If the Purpose Is Just Existing? #shorts

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A Reverend Who Doesn't Believe In Hell (Anymore)

In this first episode: why I stopped believing in the version of hell I was raised on, what it actually cost us to grow up afraid of it, the free will question that's been bothering me for years, and why "I don't know" might be the most honest thing a Reverend can say on camera. This isn't a religion show. It's a show for anyone who's ever wonde…

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UPCOMING CONVERSATIONS

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Topics drawn from the episode scripts. Published video links will appear here when available.

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How Much Did You Choose?

Raél and his sister Myla begin with the beliefs, identities, and assumptions we inherit before we learn to question them.

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You Didn’t Choose Almost Anything You Believe

How much would your worldview change if you had been born elsewhere? A conversation about the difference between an inherited belief and a false one.

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You Didn’t Choose to Want What You Want

Choices happen, but what shaped the person choosing? Desire, upbringing, and the limits of self-authorship.

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What Makes You… You?

A discussion of identity through change, memory, embodiment, and the privacy of conscious experience.

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If You’re Going to Die Anyway, Why Do Anything?

Why temporary things can matter, and what happens when we ask them to deliver permanence.

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Do You Need God to Be a Good Person?

A conversation about compassion, moral motivation, and the difference between goodness and fear of punishment.

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Is AI Actually Thinking, or Just Very Good at Pretending?

Behavior, inner experience, and the difficulty of knowing another mind. A philosophical question about the standards we use to attribute consciousness.

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Nobody Asks You If You Want to Exist

The impossibility of consent before birth and the responsibility that follows the decision to create a life.

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What Do You Actually Owe Your Parents?

Care as a responsibility rather than a loan, and gratitude as a relationship rather than a debt.