{"podcast":{"title":"Leaving Eden Podcast","slug":"leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","podcast_index_feed_id":1284338,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/1765941670113-f5ccd2f3-d0ca-4be4-a0b6-dc8b5fd7d3dc.jpeg","author":"Leaving Eden LLC","episode_count":339,"summary":"An Ex-Fundie, Deconstruction, and Cult podcast as told by cult survivor Sadie Carpenter, with her co-host Gavi HaCohen. This podcast covers Sadie's cult, (The Independent Fundamental Baptist church), other cults, (including Jonestown and the Branch Davidians), cult-related media (including reality TV shows and documentaries like The Duggars/19 Kids and Counting, Shiny Happy People, Welcome to Plathville, and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City), famous fundamentalist and fundie influencers, other religions, and the real and present threat that cults and cult ideologies pose to society as a whole. Our goal is to promote freedom of mind, freedom of thought, and freedom of religion. For press, sponsorship, and other inquiries, contact LeavingEdenPod@gmail.com Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus Social Media: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Hosted on Acast. S…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T16:22:26.101814+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338"},"episode":{"title":"Fundie Mental Gymnastics: Drinking and Alcohol","slug":"fundie-mental-gymnastics-drinking-and-alcohol","published_at":"2026-05-12T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/fundie-mental-gymnastics-drinking-and-alcohol","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338","url":"https://shows.acast.com/leaving-eden-podcast/episodes/fundie-mental-gymnastics-drinking-and-alcohol","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63c9c9b1fc40ca0011135c4c/e/6a020e0d92e9663a6f94b920/media.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we discuss the mental gymnastics Fundies perform to say that drinking alcohol is a sin, even though Jesus turned water into wine. We go into the history of where the fundie taboo around drinking came from, how a social taboo became integrated into a religious doctrine, and why this makes zero sense. In the Patreon extended edition, Sadie talks about her job working with at risk teens, and helping them identify abusive behaviors and how people can change abusive behaviors. https://www.patreon.com/posts/157928236 Please send your pride stories to LeavingEdenPod@Gmail.Com so we can read them on an episode! 00:00 - INTRO: 04:26 - Josh Duggar Emails 05:48 - SEND YOUR PRIDE STORIES TO US! 06:54 - Jesus' miracles 07:50 - Anti-Alcohol sentiment in Christianity 18:27 - Why did or didn't people drink alcohol in biblical times? 26:20 - Prohibition and the Scopes Monkey Trial 32:27 - Why are fundies stuck in the 1920s? 37:08 - Jesus turned water into... Grape Juice? 38:35 - He turned the water into Lean 39:35 - How the fundies convince themselves that Alcohol is bad Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus Join our subreddit! Reddit.com/r/EdenExodus Bluesky: @leavingedenpodcast.bsky.social @hellyeahsadie.bsky.social @gavihacohen.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/sadiecarpentermusic/ https://www.instagram.com/gavrielhacohen/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri…","meta_description":"In this episode, we discuss the mental gymnastics Fundies perform to say that drinking alcohol is a sin, even though Jesus turned water into wine. We go i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2766,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/episodes/fundie-mental-gymnastics-drinking-and-alcohol/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338/fundie-mental-gymnastics-drinking-and-alcohol.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}