Myth or Metaphor? With Dean Simone | Created In The Image of God 181

Dean Simone’s résumé reads like a highlight reel of American film and television. He’s played Jim Murray in HBO’s Winning Time, shared the screen in Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, starred in the feature Game Day, and appears in Netflix’s upcoming Gringo Hunters. His face has anchored global Super Bowl campaigns, and his voice has fronted The Smokin’ Cobras on stages from Dodger Stadium to Tokyo.

But Dean isn’t here just as an actor. He’s here as a seeker. A self-described “non-dualistic Catholic Taoist,” Dean wrestles with faith in a way that resists easy categories. For him, Christian non-duality is what Jesus meant when he spoke of “the Way” or “the Kingdom of Heaven.”

In this conversation, we explore the tension between myth and metaphor: Is the Bible a gateway to ultimate reality, or does it obscure it? How can stories—whether biblical, cinematic, or personal—reveal truth without confining it to rigid dualities of good versus evil?

Listen and find out!