From Mormon to Catholic Part 2 (Stephen Johnson) | Ep. 424

Former Mormon Stephen Johnson joins the show to discuss the second half of his conversion from spiritualism to Catholicism. Matt and Stephen discuss new-age spirituality, Christianity, and hermeticism. Show Sponsors: https://hallow.com/matt https://stpaulcenter.com/matt Chapters: 00:00 Reaction from Last Interview 02:34 Leaving Mormonism 07:14 Is Mormonism a Cult? 11:06 Questioning Atheism 16:50 Alternatives for Objective Morality 20:54 Escaping Solipsism 26:45 Overcoming Hedonism 30:10 Emotional Affair in Africa 35:00 Government as God 41:00 Scientism leading to Mysticism 46:38 Schrödinger’s Cat and Elon Musk 51:35 Jewish Kabbalah 1:01:03 Hermeticism 1:10:03 Encounter with Psychedelics 1:14:00 Aleister Crowley and Marina Abramović 1:21:41 Why Choose Right Over Left 1:26:06 Spiritual Warfare 1:29:26 Encountering God in Scripture 1:34:53 Becoming a Christian 1:40:45 American Civil Religion 1:47:03 Quick Recap 1:48:30 Problems Surrounding the Rapture 1:54:18 Introduction to Patristics 1:57:16 Finding the Catholic Church 1:59:37 Church Scandals and Church Militant 2:02:45 Reconciling History with Reality 2:07:18 Converting to Catholicism 2:14:24 Dealing with the Hurdles 2:16:52 Brant Pitre 2:17:54 Just One More Phase? 2:21:50 Fr Gregory Pine’s Help