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        <![CDATA[<p>What if the real question is not just what Adam and Eve ate, but what they started believing? Two Trees, One Tension takes that question straight into Genesis 2 and 3 and keeps pulling until shame, truth, pain, work, death, and humanity’s favorite hobby, freelancing morality, all end up on the table. Mickael tries to steer the room like Eden came with a meeting agenda, Daniel keeps welding together theology and raw conviction like a man who found a blowtorch in Leviticus, and Steven somehow sounds like peace and common sense in a room that keeps trying to become a weather event. Still, the weight lands clean. This is not a polished doctrinal victory lap. It is honest wrestling. One line of thought presses hardest: maybe the fruit did not hand humanity a neat packet of knowledge so much as fracture trust and throw truth into confusion. From there the room turns toward the curses of Genesis 3 and follows the fallout into childbirth, toil, despair, burden-sharing, friendship, and the need for Christ. It is messy, sharp, funny, and humbler than it has any right to be. Three men walk into Eden with a Bible, a flashlight, and too much confidence, and somehow come back with something real.</p><p><br>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>What the fruit “did” stays interpretive, not settled.</li><li>Sidebars into abortion, heaven, and triage are brief, not central.</li><li>Links from Genesis 3 to despair or suicide are applications, not direct quotes.</li><li>The tone is brotherly chaos, not blazer theology.</li></ul><p>Paradise was lost in a bite. Truth still gets found the hard way.</p><p>Signed,<br>Hugh Manity<br>---</p><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzPsJ0rYMcs" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br></p><p><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
</p><ul>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
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<ul><li>(00:01) - Prayer, names, and early nonsense</li>
<li>(05:20) - Forgiveness breaks transaction logic</li>
<li>(12:40) - Flower-plucking versus planting life</li>
<li>(20:00) - Into the perfumed portion</li>
<li>(35:47) - The two trees, finally named</li>
<li>(42:20) - Created order and tiny human brains</li>
<li>(01:31:38) - Naked, ashamed, and hiding</li>
<li>(01:59:40) - Did the fruit change belief?</li>
<li>(02:31:44) - The curses land</li>
<li>(02:40:00) - Pain, toil, and death</li>
<li>(03:15:34) - Burden-sharing, blindness, and friendship</li>
<li>(03:34:24) - Gratitude, dependence, and the turn to prayer</li>
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        <![CDATA[<p>What if the real question is not just what Adam and Eve ate, but what they started believing? Two Trees, One Tension takes that question straight into Genesis 2 and 3 and keeps pulling until shame, truth, pain, work, death, and humanity’s favorite hobby, freelancing morality, all end up on the table. Mickael tries to steer the room like Eden came with a meeting agenda, Daniel keeps welding together theology and raw conviction like a man who found a blowtorch in Leviticus, and Steven somehow sounds like peace and common sense in a room that keeps trying to become a weather event. Still, the weight lands clean. This is not a polished doctrinal victory lap. It is honest wrestling. One line of thought presses hardest: maybe the fruit did not hand humanity a neat packet of knowledge so much as fracture trust and throw truth into confusion. From there the room turns toward the curses of Genesis 3 and follows the fallout into childbirth, toil, despair, burden-sharing, friendship, and the need for Christ. It is messy, sharp, funny, and humbler than it has any right to be. Three men walk into Eden with a Bible, a flashlight, and too much confidence, and somehow come back with something real.</p><p><br>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>What the fruit “did” stays interpretive, not settled.</li><li>Sidebars into abortion, heaven, and triage are brief, not central.</li><li>Links from Genesis 3 to despair or suicide are applications, not direct quotes.</li><li>The tone is brotherly chaos, not blazer theology.</li></ul><p>Paradise was lost in a bite. Truth still gets found the hard way.</p><p>Signed,<br>Hugh Manity<br>---</p><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzPsJ0rYMcs" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br></p><p><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
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  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
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<ul><li>(00:01) - Prayer, names, and early nonsense</li>
<li>(05:20) - Forgiveness breaks transaction logic</li>
<li>(12:40) - Flower-plucking versus planting life</li>
<li>(20:00) - Into the perfumed portion</li>
<li>(35:47) - The two trees, finally named</li>
<li>(42:20) - Created order and tiny human brains</li>
<li>(01:31:38) - Naked, ashamed, and hiding</li>
<li>(01:59:40) - Did the fruit change belief?</li>
<li>(02:31:44) - The curses land</li>
<li>(02:40:00) - Pain, toil, and death</li>
<li>(03:15:34) - Burden-sharing, blindness, and friendship</li>
<li>(03:34:24) - Gratitude, dependence, and the turn to prayer</li>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>What if the real question is not just what Adam and Eve ate, but what they started believing? Two Trees, One Tension takes that question straight into Genesis 2 and 3 and keeps pulling until shame, truth, pain, work, death, and humanity’s favorite hobby, freelancing morality, all end up on the table. Mickael tries to steer the room like Eden came with a meeting agenda, Daniel keeps welding together theology and raw conviction like a man who found a blowtorch in Leviticus, and Steven somehow sounds like peace and common sense in a room that keeps trying to become a weather event. Still, the weight lands clean. This is not a polished doctrinal victory lap. It is honest wrestling. One line of thought presses hardest: maybe the fruit did not hand humanity a neat packet of knowledge so much as fracture trust and throw truth into confusion. From there the room turns toward the curses of Genesis 3 and follows the fallout into childbirth, toil, despair, burden-sharing, friendship, and the need for Christ. It is messy, sharp, funny, and humbler than it has any right to be. Three men walk into Eden with a Bible, a flashlight, and too much confidence, and somehow come back with something real.</p><p><br>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>What the fruit “did” stays interpretive, not settled.</li><li>Sidebars into abortion, heaven, and triage are brief, not central.</li><li>Links from Genesis 3 to despair or suicide are applications, not direct quotes.</li><li>The tone is brotherly chaos, not blazer theology.</li></ul><p>Paradise was lost in a bite. Truth still gets found the hard way.</p><p>Signed,<br>Hugh Manity<br>---</p><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzPsJ0rYMcs" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br></p><p><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
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  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
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<ul><li>(00:01) - Prayer, names, and early nonsense</li>
<li>(05:20) - Forgiveness breaks transaction logic</li>
<li>(12:40) - Flower-plucking versus planting life</li>
<li>(20:00) - Into the perfumed portion</li>
<li>(35:47) - The two trees, finally named</li>
<li>(42:20) - Created order and tiny human brains</li>
<li>(01:31:38) - Naked, ashamed, and hiding</li>
<li>(01:59:40) - Did the fruit change belief?</li>
<li>(02:31:44) - The curses land</li>
<li>(02:40:00) - Pain, toil, and death</li>
<li>(03:15:34) - Burden-sharing, blindness, and friendship</li>
<li>(03:34:24) - Gratitude, dependence, and the turn to prayer</li>
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      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/Y5ale1ZShYxKa2wK570Kuo1ZEc_k0FJGRFNBKDn4Ifk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDlk/N2I2OGQxMGIyYjM4/MmVjYTQ1MTZjZmRh/ZmI5YS5qcGVn.jpg">Daniel Horne</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/C6DGgVUqq5APPglbFAbg9gmBesEv6HLMShn_F_uVoAc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMGY5/MDA4MTg0YjQ1ZTc2/NzM4MjljN2JjMDE1/MzY4MC5qcGVn.jpg">Mickael Wilson</podcast:person>
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      <title>The Cost of Forgiveness (Genesis 2) | PD3</title>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>3</podcast:episode>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, a chaotic cold open turns into a wide-ranging conversation on AI, AR glasses, and Neuralink, exploring what it means to enhance versus restore human ability and whether implanted tech crosses a line. That thread opens into deeper questions about control, risk, and the future of human identity. From there, we return to Genesis 2 to examine what it means for God to “breathe life” into man, the role of the trees, and whether the distinction between humans and the rest of creation is about capacity or relationship. The episode closes by revisiting last week’s cliffhanger on forgiveness, asking who has the authority to forgive, how forgiveness challenges purely social views of morality, and why letting go of debt, both moral and personal, goes against instinct.</p><p> </p><p>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>Discussions of Neuralink and competitors are speculative and conversational; treat as exploratory, not technical analysis.</li><li>Interpretations of Genesis 2 (breath of life, soul, human distinctiveness) reflect personal reasoning, not formal theology.</li><li>Forgiveness is discussed both philosophically and biblically; distinctions between justice, consequence, and mercy are simplified for conversation.</li><li>Examples involving debt, slavery, and legal systems are analogies, not direct one-to-one frameworks.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Selected timestamps:</p><p>00:00:00 Cold open, AI website, and tech rabbit trail</p><p>00:08:30 AR glasses, assistants, and future interfaces</p><p>00:18:45 Neuralink, implants, and ethical concerns</p><p>00:40:00 Transition into Genesis 2 (Perfumed segment)</p><p>00:47:10 Breath of life, soul, and human distinctiveness</p><p>01:10:25 Creation, purpose, and relational design</p><p>02:05:00 Decay segment: morality without God</p><p>02:15:40 Forgiveness, debt, and authority</p><p>02:40:30 Justice vs mercy, control vs surrender</p><p>02:55:00 Cliffhanger: trees, curses, and consequences</p><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq6348HBuuk" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br></p><p><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
</p><ul>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, a chaotic cold open turns into a wide-ranging conversation on AI, AR glasses, and Neuralink, exploring what it means to enhance versus restore human ability and whether implanted tech crosses a line. That thread opens into deeper questions about control, risk, and the future of human identity. From there, we return to Genesis 2 to examine what it means for God to “breathe life” into man, the role of the trees, and whether the distinction between humans and the rest of creation is about capacity or relationship. The episode closes by revisiting last week’s cliffhanger on forgiveness, asking who has the authority to forgive, how forgiveness challenges purely social views of morality, and why letting go of debt, both moral and personal, goes against instinct.</p><p> </p><p>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>Discussions of Neuralink and competitors are speculative and conversational; treat as exploratory, not technical analysis.</li><li>Interpretations of Genesis 2 (breath of life, soul, human distinctiveness) reflect personal reasoning, not formal theology.</li><li>Forgiveness is discussed both philosophically and biblically; distinctions between justice, consequence, and mercy are simplified for conversation.</li><li>Examples involving debt, slavery, and legal systems are analogies, not direct one-to-one frameworks.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Selected timestamps:</p><p>00:00:00 Cold open, AI website, and tech rabbit trail</p><p>00:08:30 AR glasses, assistants, and future interfaces</p><p>00:18:45 Neuralink, implants, and ethical concerns</p><p>00:40:00 Transition into Genesis 2 (Perfumed segment)</p><p>00:47:10 Breath of life, soul, and human distinctiveness</p><p>01:10:25 Creation, purpose, and relational design</p><p>02:05:00 Decay segment: morality without God</p><p>02:15:40 Forgiveness, debt, and authority</p><p>02:40:30 Justice vs mercy, control vs surrender</p><p>02:55:00 Cliffhanger: trees, curses, and consequences</p><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq6348HBuuk" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br></p><p><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
</p><ul>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:35:51 -0700</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, a chaotic cold open turns into a wide-ranging conversation on AI, AR glasses, and Neuralink, exploring what it means to enhance versus restore human ability and whether implanted tech crosses a line. That thread opens into deeper questions about control, risk, and the future of human identity. From there, we return to Genesis 2 to examine what it means for God to “breathe life” into man, the role of the trees, and whether the distinction between humans and the rest of creation is about capacity or relationship. The episode closes by revisiting last week’s cliffhanger on forgiveness, asking who has the authority to forgive, how forgiveness challenges purely social views of morality, and why letting go of debt, both moral and personal, goes against instinct.</p><p> </p><p>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>Discussions of Neuralink and competitors are speculative and conversational; treat as exploratory, not technical analysis.</li><li>Interpretations of Genesis 2 (breath of life, soul, human distinctiveness) reflect personal reasoning, not formal theology.</li><li>Forgiveness is discussed both philosophically and biblically; distinctions between justice, consequence, and mercy are simplified for conversation.</li><li>Examples involving debt, slavery, and legal systems are analogies, not direct one-to-one frameworks.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Selected timestamps:</p><p>00:00:00 Cold open, AI website, and tech rabbit trail</p><p>00:08:30 AR glasses, assistants, and future interfaces</p><p>00:18:45 Neuralink, implants, and ethical concerns</p><p>00:40:00 Transition into Genesis 2 (Perfumed segment)</p><p>00:47:10 Breath of life, soul, and human distinctiveness</p><p>01:10:25 Creation, purpose, and relational design</p><p>02:05:00 Decay segment: morality without God</p><p>02:15:40 Forgiveness, debt, and authority</p><p>02:40:30 Justice vs mercy, control vs surrender</p><p>02:55:00 Cliffhanger: trees, curses, and consequences</p><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq6348HBuuk" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br></p><p><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
</p><ul>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
</ul>]]>
      </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>perfumed, decay, christian, bible, study, God, authentic, honest, real, deep</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/Y5ale1ZShYxKa2wK570Kuo1ZEc_k0FJGRFNBKDn4Ifk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDlk/N2I2OGQxMGIyYjM4/MmVjYTQ1MTZjZmRh/ZmI5YS5qcGVn.jpg">Daniel Horne</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/C6DGgVUqq5APPglbFAbg9gmBesEv6HLMShn_F_uVoAc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMGY5/MDA4MTg0YjQ1ZTc2/NzM4MjljN2JjMDE1/MzY4MC5qcGVn.jpg">Mickael Wilson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</podcast:person>
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      <title>Rest in Reality (Genesis 2) | PD2</title>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>2</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:title>Rest in Reality (Genesis 2) | PD2</itunes:title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode: some light nerding on Earth–Sun distance fine tuning and habitability, then back to God’s word; Sabbath as gift, church as a space for blessing and honest imperfection. We also open a two‑sided question: Does God exist? We weigh experience vs truth and table forgiveness for next time.</p><p>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>“He didn’t stop creating, He created rest” is our interpretive summary. The text states God rested, blessed, and sanctified (Genesis 2:1–3).</li><li>Habitability numbers are exploratory and simplified; treat as illustrative, not authoritative.</li><li>“Sabbath was made for man…” is a paraphrase/quotation of Mark 2:27. Observance days vary across traditions.</li></ul><p>Selected timestamps</p><ul><li>00:01:03 Fine‑tuning curiosity </li><li>00:27:41 Genesis 2:1–3 read and reflected</li><li>00:35:19 Sabbath as gift, blessing, “meh” Sundays</li><li>00:58:28 Does God exist? Experience vs truth</li><li>01:43:18 Moral law, purpose, forgiveness cliffhanger</li></ul><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-BJz3KNA8c" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
</p><ul>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode: some light nerding on Earth–Sun distance fine tuning and habitability, then back to God’s word; Sabbath as gift, church as a space for blessing and honest imperfection. We also open a two‑sided question: Does God exist? We weigh experience vs truth and table forgiveness for next time.</p><p>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>“He didn’t stop creating, He created rest” is our interpretive summary. The text states God rested, blessed, and sanctified (Genesis 2:1–3).</li><li>Habitability numbers are exploratory and simplified; treat as illustrative, not authoritative.</li><li>“Sabbath was made for man…” is a paraphrase/quotation of Mark 2:27. Observance days vary across traditions.</li></ul><p>Selected timestamps</p><ul><li>00:01:03 Fine‑tuning curiosity </li><li>00:27:41 Genesis 2:1–3 read and reflected</li><li>00:35:19 Sabbath as gift, blessing, “meh” Sundays</li><li>00:58:28 Does God exist? Experience vs truth</li><li>01:43:18 Moral law, purpose, forgiveness cliffhanger</li></ul><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-BJz3KNA8c" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
</p><ul>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:35:12 -0700</pubDate>
      <author>Daniel Horne, Mickael Wilson, Steven Clemens</author>
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      <itunes:author>Daniel Horne, Mickael Wilson, Steven Clemens</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:duration>7355</itunes:duration>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this episode: some light nerding on Earth–Sun distance fine tuning and habitability, then back to God’s word; Sabbath as gift, church as a space for blessing and honest imperfection. We also open a two‑sided question: Does God exist? We weigh experience vs truth and table forgiveness for next time.</p><p>Cautions and notes:</p><ul><li>“He didn’t stop creating, He created rest” is our interpretive summary. The text states God rested, blessed, and sanctified (Genesis 2:1–3).</li><li>Habitability numbers are exploratory and simplified; treat as illustrative, not authoritative.</li><li>“Sabbath was made for man…” is a paraphrase/quotation of Mark 2:27. Observance days vary across traditions.</li></ul><p>Selected timestamps</p><ul><li>00:01:03 Fine‑tuning curiosity </li><li>00:27:41 Genesis 2:1–3 read and reflected</li><li>00:35:19 Sabbath as gift, blessing, “meh” Sundays</li><li>00:58:28 Does God exist? Experience vs truth</li><li>01:43:18 Moral law, purpose, forgiveness cliffhanger</li></ul><p>Find us: @PerfumedDecay on Instagram and X.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-BJz3KNA8c" title="Click here to watch a video of this episode.">Click here to watch a video of this episode.</a><br>
<br><strong>Creators &amp; Guests</strong>
</p><ul>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne">Daniel Horne</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson">Mickael Wilson</a> - Host</li>
  <li><a href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</a> - Host</li>
</ul>]]>
      </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>perfumed, decay, christian, bible, study, God, authentic, honest, real, deep</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/Y5ale1ZShYxKa2wK570Kuo1ZEc_k0FJGRFNBKDn4Ifk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDlk/N2I2OGQxMGIyYjM4/MmVjYTQ1MTZjZmRh/ZmI5YS5qcGVn.jpg">Daniel Horne</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/C6DGgVUqq5APPglbFAbg9gmBesEv6HLMShn_F_uVoAc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMGY5/MDA4MTg0YjQ1ZTc2/NzM4MjljN2JjMDE1/MzY4MC5qcGVn.jpg">Mickael Wilson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</podcast:person>
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      <title>Trailer | Light Before the Sun | PD1</title>
      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>1</podcast:episode>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In Beginnings, we return to Genesis 1 and slow down enough to let the text surprise us again.</p><p>This conversation moves through creation, order, goodness, and the strange wonder of light being spoken into being before the heavenly lights are later given their place and purpose. Along the way, we reflect on a world that is not random or self-defining, but spoken, ordered, and called good by God.</p><p>This is also where Perfumed Decay begins to take shape: not as a celebration of decay, but as a way of telling the truth that goodness comes first, brokenness comes after. That after brokenness, comes healing.</p><p>Come join a conversation about beginnings, wonder, and learning to see with fresh eyes.</p>]]>
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      <content:encoded>
        <![CDATA[<p>In Beginnings, we return to Genesis 1 and slow down enough to let the text surprise us again.</p><p>This conversation moves through creation, order, goodness, and the strange wonder of light being spoken into being before the heavenly lights are later given their place and purpose. Along the way, we reflect on a world that is not random or self-defining, but spoken, ordered, and called good by God.</p><p>This is also where Perfumed Decay begins to take shape: not as a celebration of decay, but as a way of telling the truth that goodness comes first, brokenness comes after. That after brokenness, comes healing.</p><p>Come join a conversation about beginnings, wonder, and learning to see with fresh eyes.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:08:34 -0700</pubDate>
      <author>Daniel Horne, Mickael Wilson, Steven Clemens</author>
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      <itunes:author>Daniel Horne, Mickael Wilson, Steven Clemens</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:duration>105</itunes:duration>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In Beginnings, we return to Genesis 1 and slow down enough to let the text surprise us again.</p><p>This conversation moves through creation, order, goodness, and the strange wonder of light being spoken into being before the heavenly lights are later given their place and purpose. Along the way, we reflect on a world that is not random or self-defining, but spoken, ordered, and called good by God.</p><p>This is also where Perfumed Decay begins to take shape: not as a celebration of decay, but as a way of telling the truth that goodness comes first, brokenness comes after. That after brokenness, comes healing.</p><p>Come join a conversation about beginnings, wonder, and learning to see with fresh eyes.</p>]]>
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      <itunes:keywords>perfumed, decay, christian, bible, study, God, authentic, honest, real, deep</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/Y5ale1ZShYxKa2wK570Kuo1ZEc_k0FJGRFNBKDn4Ifk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDlk/N2I2OGQxMGIyYjM4/MmVjYTQ1MTZjZmRh/ZmI5YS5qcGVn.jpg">Daniel Horne</podcast:person>
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      <title>Light Before the Sun (Genesis 1) | PD1</title>
      <itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode>
      <podcast:episode>1</podcast:episode>
      <itunes:title>Light Before the Sun (Genesis 1) | PD1</itunes:title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this first official episode of <strong><em>Perfume(D)ecay</em></strong>, Daniel, Mickael, and Steven start with an unfiltered conversation about Steven’s blindness, the tools he uses to navigate daily life, and how disability can shape transportation, dating, and perception. Then the conversation turns to <strong><em>Genesis 1</em></strong>, where the hosts wrestle with creation, light before the sun, the meaning of “let us make man in our image,” and whether belief about origins is central to salvation or secondary to the gospel. The episode closes by unpacking the meaning behind the show’s title, “Perfume Decay,” and a philosophical question: <strong><em>Why is there something instead of nothing?</em></strong></p>]]>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this first official episode of <strong><em>Perfume(D)ecay</em></strong>, Daniel, Mickael, and Steven start with an unfiltered conversation about Steven’s blindness, the tools he uses to navigate daily life, and how disability can shape transportation, dating, and perception. Then the conversation turns to <strong><em>Genesis 1</em></strong>, where the hosts wrestle with creation, light before the sun, the meaning of “let us make man in our image,” and whether belief about origins is central to salvation or secondary to the gospel. The episode closes by unpacking the meaning behind the show’s title, “Perfume Decay,” and a philosophical question: <strong><em>Why is there something instead of nothing?</em></strong></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:01:36 -0700</pubDate>
      <author>Daniel Horne, Mickael Wilson, Steven Clemens</author>
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      <itunes:duration>8678</itunes:duration>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In this first official episode of <strong><em>Perfume(D)ecay</em></strong>, Daniel, Mickael, and Steven start with an unfiltered conversation about Steven’s blindness, the tools he uses to navigate daily life, and how disability can shape transportation, dating, and perception. Then the conversation turns to <strong><em>Genesis 1</em></strong>, where the hosts wrestle with creation, light before the sun, the meaning of “let us make man in our image,” and whether belief about origins is central to salvation or secondary to the gospel. The episode closes by unpacking the meaning behind the show’s title, “Perfume Decay,” and a philosophical question: <strong><em>Why is there something instead of nothing?</em></strong></p>]]>
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      <itunes:keywords>perfumed, decay, christian, bible, study, God, authentic, honest, real, deep</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/daniel-horne" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/Y5ale1ZShYxKa2wK570Kuo1ZEc_k0FJGRFNBKDn4Ifk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDlk/N2I2OGQxMGIyYjM4/MmVjYTQ1MTZjZmRh/ZmI5YS5qcGVn.jpg">Daniel Horne</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/mickael-wilson" img="https://img.transistorcdn.com/C6DGgVUqq5APPglbFAbg9gmBesEv6HLMShn_F_uVoAc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:800/h:800/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMGY5/MDA4MTg0YjQ1ZTc2/NzM4MjljN2JjMDE1/MzY4MC5qcGVn.jpg">Mickael Wilson</podcast:person>
      <podcast:person role="Host" href="https://perfumeddecay.com/people/steven-clemens">Steven Clemens</podcast:person>
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