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1 Aren’t We Better Off without Religion?
Rebecca McLaughlin • Confronting Christianity
Carter noted that the roots of the contemporary skepticism of religion are essentially modern, beginning with Freud perhaps, who viewed religion as a sort of obsessive impulse.
Nicholas W. Zamiska • The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
It may be that, subconsciously, we all settle for explanations we are predisposed to accept, and reject those we are predisposed against.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
But perhaps the sociobiological account undermines, not the truth of our moral beliefs, but our justification for holding such beliefs.
William Lane Craig • On Guard
There is zero scientific evidence that in contrast to pigs, Sapiens have souls.
Yuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
Some of the most interesting thinking on this topic comes from David Livingstone Smith, who explores dehumanization from the standpoint of psychological essentialism. He draws on research suggesting that people usually think of themselves and those close to them as possessing a special human essence. But not everyone is seen this way.
Paul Bloom • Against Empathy
Objektive Wahrheiten – Wahrheiten, die für jeden gelten – werden im Streben nach persönlicher Freiheit immer mehr geleugnet.
Jörg Ahlbrecht • Die Wahrheit in Person: Jesus folgen in unsicheren Zeiten (Edition Aufatmen) (German Edition)
the fact that we exist as the fundamental awareness ‘I am’ cannot reasonably be doubted by anyone.