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Jonathan Pageau: The Bible’s Hidden Symbolism You Were NEVER Taught | Align Podcast #569

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Nov 17, 2025
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Jonathan Pageau
Jonathan Pageau, a professional artist and founder of Symbolic World, dives into profound discussions about Christianity's hidden symbolism and societal challenges. He argues that hell represents misalignment with purpose, while emphasizing the importance of embracing one's faith freely. Pageau critiques modern idols like money and highlights the tension between good and evil as misalignment. He also explores cultural renewal amidst instability and the need to reclaim symbolic richness in storytelling, particularly through retelling fairy tales.
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ADVICE

Use Confession To Regain Focus

  • Use confession and disciplined spiritual practices to identify what captures your attention and leads to sin.
  • Regularly 'remember God' and 'remember death' to reorder priorities and resist vanity and idleness.
INSIGHT

Evil As Misplaced Good

  • Evil is misplacement: putting something in the wrong place or excess of a good, causing misalignment and corruption.
  • All evil springs from twisting good ends into improper, excessive aims.
INSIGHT

Evil Lacks Positive Existence

  • Pageau argues evil lacks positive being and exists only as privation or parasite on the good.
  • Corruption cannot sustain itself indefinitely because it ultimately undermines the good it parasitizes.
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