What Daniel Everett has said about Christianity
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Daniel Everett, American linguist who lived among the Pirahã people of the Amazon, has been quoted on Christianity 2 times in 1 episode of Danny Jones Podcast, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Everett says declining missionary numbers reflect churches spending on themselves, which he views as the opposite of the gospel.
“it's more of this gospel where jesus wants us to get wealthier and wealthier which is just in my opinion millions of people would disagree with me but that's the opposite of the gospel”
Danny Jones Podcast: #439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel Everett (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 1:25:32
Everett says he found no evidence of missionary 'redemptive analogies' in the roughly 20 Amazonian groups he has worked with.
“But I found no evidence for that in the more or less 20 groups of the amazon that i've worked with”
Danny Jones Podcast: #439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel Everett (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 1:32:17
Episodes
#439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel EverettDanny Jones Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 2 h 49 min
Linguist Daniel Everett tells Danny Jones about living with the Pirahã of the Amazon, language origins, his split with Noam Chomsky, and abandoning Christianity.
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