A Skeptic Reads Cain & Abel… and Changes Her Mind | Genesis 4 | E12

Episode 12: Cain & Abel — Rethinking the First Offering
In this episode, we read and reflect on the story of Cain and Abel. Coming from a non-religious perspective, I initially questioned why God rejected Cain’s offering — why demand the best? But through conversation, my co-host helped shift that lens. We explore what it really means to give your best, not as obligation, but as love — and how that shift in attitude changes everything.

06:31 Start of chapter reading 

07:33 Discussion of Genesis 4:1-7
25:48 Reading continues
27:30 Discussion of Genesis 4:8-15
34:14 Reading continues
35:39 Discussion of rest of the chapter
39:48 Young earth creationists might not necessarily be wrong
43:19 Will God accept a righteous person if that person doesn’t have a name for God?
48:04 Gnosticism is enemy of Christianity?
54:00 Cain & Abel were apparently twins?

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