reasoning with spirituality

A friend of mine sent me this video a few months back and I've been waiting to stick it on the blog for some discussion. When you hear about spirituality talked about in these terms you can often feel rattled by the way in which our experiences are framed and placed into a different narrative.

Rather than simply labelling this as unsettling or deceptive, in order for us to be able to speak into the wider conversations that society is having about issues central to us as Christians we have to be able to engage well with stuff like this. It is uncomfortable, but if what we believe is true, then it is true in spite of views like this.

So as you watch it, think about what we mean by transcendence, about community and about "evolutionary truths". Is religion about losing ourselves? Simply just a means to give purpose? And what do we think about these assumptions around evolution, culture and the enlightenment? How is he using this rhetoric? And how do you feel when you hear this stuff?