Confronting Christianity with Rebecca McLaughlin

Aren't We Better Off Without Religion?


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Kyle Worley and Rebecca McLaughlin explore the question, are we better off without religion?Questions Covered in This Episode:
  • Is America, in general, more religious than the UK?
  • Would you say the perception of religion among non-believers is generally positive or negative?
  • The change in 2005-2008 range, do you think the atheist tones were driving how people were thinking?
  • Is there data around the psychological benefits of religious practice?
  • What do you say when someone says: Religion is the cause of wars, bloodshed, and injustice? Religion hurts people…?
  • Is religion bad or good? Why?
  • Is there a benefit to religious worldviews abounding in the world whether they are Christian or not?
  • Would you be comfortable describing yourself as a religious person?
  • Are we better off without religion?
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
  • Matthew 16:24-26
  • “God Is Not Great” by Christopher Hitchens
  • Human Flourishing Program at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science
  • “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro
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