What if the moment we gave God a name… we lost something?

In this episode of Safe Space with Jaxon, Jaxon sits down with best-selling author, speaker, and Heretic Happy Hour co-host Keith Giles for a thought-provoking conversation on humanity’s need to define the Divine.

Keith Giles is the author of the seven-part Jesus Un series and the SOLA series, and has been featured on CNN with Anderson Cooper, Coast to Coast Radio, USA Today, BuzzFeed, and John Fugelsang’s Tell Me Everything. His recent Quantum Gospel works—exploring texts like the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary—have become Amazon best-sellers, continuing to challenge how we understand faith, Jesus, and the nature of God.

From ancient golden calves to modern religious language, this conversation explores how names, labels, and doctrines can quietly become the very idols we think we’ve left behind.

Have we mistaken the name for the reality?

Together, Jaxon and Keith unpack:

• Why humans feel the need to name and define God

• How theology and religious identity can become modern-day idols

• The deeper meaning behind “the kingdom within”

• What it looks like to move beyond labels and live out love

At the center of this conversation is a simple but challenging idea:

Maybe God was never meant to be named—only experienced.

And maybe love was never meant to belong to religion at all.

This episode is for anyone questioning, deconstructing, or reimagining their understanding of faith, spirituality, and what it truly means to live out love without borders.

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