Its been 5 years since i have left my faith and i am at a place where i would like to learn about religion as whole, in secular sense.Not looking for anti-theist discussions.

I wouldn’t mind if the creator is religious themself as long as they are nice and don’t push their views on the viewer.

I am interested in religious themes, history, mythology, spiritually in general and don’t mind long videos. I don’t have specific religions in mind, rather i would like an array of perspectives. That said, don’t worry if the creator you want to recommend me focus on only one religion or just the Abrahamic religions in general, i am open to any perspectives.

I do have a pile of saved articles and books on religions i want to read eventually, but its been difficult for me to start, so i wanted to try a more passive medium.

Feel free to recommend me podcasts if you.

  • Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    I’ve come across the channel “Heliocentric” (https://youtube.com/@heliocentricofficial) he seems to have a really empathetic yet atheistic stance on religion that I quite appreciate. (From what I can tell, I have only watched a couple videos from him so far)

    I’ve been going down a Mormonism rabbit hole over the last couple of months (I grew up “nondenominational” Christian, and find it fascinating how wild Mormonism theology is) and it brought me to his channel. He goes out and actually interacts with different religions and the people in them, but doesn’t shy away from discussing the darker and shitty parts of those religions, such as how bad mormons treat those they excommunicate.

    It sounds like it might be up your alley.

  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pubEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Fall of Civilizations might interest you. It covers the collapse of past empires, and tries to describe what life was like for the people living in them when they were at their peak, and what we know of life during the decline.

    It is not specifically focused on religions, but for most of these cultures their religion was inherently bound up with their politics (both internal and external), economics, industry, and day-to-day life. Describing the society and culture includes a fair amount of detail about their religious beliefs and practices (for instance, you can’t really give a useful description of the Egyptian empire without mentioning their gods). Many of the largest surviving ruins have religious significance. Personally, I think framing the religion inside the sociocultural context and history of the civilization makes it more interesting and more understandable.

    The Fall of Civilizations YouTube Channel has the podcast episodes set to video of the locations as they are today, along with photos of artifacts from the culture and artistic depictions of what it might have looked like.

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Not youtube, but check your local library for productions by The Great Courses/The Teaching Company.

    They produce videos of actual college courses by professors from schools like Columbia, Harvard, etc.

    There used to be one on multiple religions, it was very long (probably 40+ 30 min videos). They’ve since split it into separate courses on each religion.

    It’s really amazing, the professors are completely neutral (or perhaps sympathetic/understanding as to the circumstances that birthed each religion). They all approach it from an historical context to develop an understanding of each religion.

    TGC also has a couple courses on Pagan beliefs, Nordic religions (for lack of a better word), etc.

    I’ve collected about ten of the courses and ripped them to Mp4 and Mp3 so I can watch or listen as I want.

    Not sure why so many people decided to downvote your question - it’s good to want to understand human history and the paradigms that developed over time to bring us here today.

    I gave you an upvote when you were zero, and someone has already downvoted that. Bunch of Luddites.