{"podcast":{"title":"Church of the Undead","slug":"church-of-the-undead-4947254","podcast_index_feed_id":4947254,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5337300/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead--5337300","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8b4b1a18dcd3ce92827402044dc7e145.jpg","author":"Darren Marlar","episode_count":420,"summary":"Hello, Weirdos – I’m Pastor Darren – welcome to the Church of the Undead. It doesn’t matter if you are a \"Weirdo-in-Christ\" or just a Weirdo – everyone is welcome here at the Church of the Undead. And I use the word “undead” because here we are DEAD to sin and ALIVE in Christ! If you want to join this Weirdo congregation, just click that SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button – and visit us online at WeirdDarkness.com/CHURCH . Full disclosure – I might use the term “pastor” because I’ve branded this podcast as a church – but I do not have a theology degree, nor did I ever go to Bible college. I’m just a guy who gave his life to Christ in 1989 and has tried to “walk the walk” every since – and has stumbled a lot along the way – because, like everybody else, I am an imperfect, heavily-flawed human being. So please don’t take what I say as gospel; dig into God’s word yourself for confirmation, inspiration, and revelation. That being said, welcome to the Church of the Undead!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T08:17:29.506914+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254"},"episode":{"title":"The Counterfeit Companion: Why We're Trading Real Love for Digital Deception","slug":"the-counterfeit-companion-why-we-re-trading-real-love-for-digital-deception","published_at":"2025-11-23T15:00:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254/the-counterfeit-companion-why-we-re-trading-real-love-for-digital-deception","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254","url":"https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-ai-romance","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68650136/cotu20251123_airomance.mp3","summary":"As millions turn to AI companions for comfort and connection, we're discovering that the same technology promising to end our loneliness might be the very thing trapping us in isolation—and what Scripture warns us about this ancient temptation in digital form. SERMON TRANSCRIPT… https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-ai-romance Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025. #AICompanions #ChristianLiving #DigitalLoneliness #BiblicalTruth #ChurchCommunity #TeenMentalHealth #AuthenticLove #SpiritualWarfare #FaithAndTechnology #WeirdDarkness Find us online at WeirdDarkness.com/Church","meta_description":"As millions turn to AI companions for comfort and connection, we're discovering that the same technology promising to end our loneliness might be the very…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2553,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/church-of-the-undead-4947254/episodes/the-counterfeit-companion-why-we-re-trading-real-love-for-digital-deception/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/church-of-the-undead-4947254/the-counterfeit-companion-why-we-re-trading-real-love-for-digital-deception.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}