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Science, Religion, and the Modern World – Sloth in the Prime of Your Life – Michael Flanagan and Gerard McReavy
Season 2024 · Episode 28

Science, Religion, and the Modern World – Sloth in the Prime of Your Life – Michael Flanagan and Gerard McReavy

Science, Religion, and the Modern World

Radio Maria Ireland

February 25, 202628m 39s

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Show Notes

In this episode, we explore how sloth shows up not as laziness, but as quiet disengagement — in careers we tolerate, relationships we neglect, faith we postpone, and goals we endlessly defer. We examine how comfort, distraction, and digital noise create a life that feels busy yet spiritually and emotionally stagnant.
We address the subtle forms of sloth: avoiding hard conversations, postponing commitment, numbing ambition, and settling for mediocrity. We connect this to modern burnout, anxiety, and the illusion that “there’s still time,” while years quietly pass.

– Michael

Listen back to more analyses of questions of faith through the lens of science here!

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