#045 -- He Played Lucifer in the Temple. Then He Left the Church. (ft. Corbin Allred)

He played Lucifer in the LDS temple endowment film for a decade. Then, after 43 years as a member, Corbin Allred left the LDS Church — and he hasn't necessarily been quiet about it.

In this episode, actor and ER medical provider Corbin Allred joins Mitch in St. George, UT to talk about what it's like to be recognized as "the guy who played Satan," why he refuses to "leave it alone" after leaving the church, and the strange paradox of feeling spiritual confirmation to walk away from something he'd believed his whole life.

We get into:

- Being recognized (and sometimes feared) by patients who saw him in the temple film

- Responding to criticism that he "baits" people online

- What he regrets about how he left, and who he's really talking to when he posts

- Agnostic atheism vs. atheism, and why "I know" is a loaded phrase

- The paradox of feeling the same spiritual confirmation point two different directions

- Nihilism, death, and finding peace without certainty

Links and other show notes:

Follow Corbin: https://www.instagram.com/thecorbinallred

Corbin's IMDB page: https://tinyurl.com/2nu9knumDavid Eagleman: A New Look at Religion (Possibilianism): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENqnjZGX0A

The Egg -- A Short Story by Andy Weir | Kurzgesagt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI

This is Your Brain on God | Michael Ferguson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocuqguH1OIw

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