Natural selection doesn’t build brains to see the truth ... How perception is like a graphical computer interface ... Don's theory: It’s consciousness all the way down ... Is there a chicken-and-egg problem with this theory? ... Don describes his consciousness formula, sans math (phew) ... With this theory, life is more interesting—and painful ...

Clergy as front-line therapists for parishioners ... Personal guilt about God's judgment ... Using faith to counter a traumatic religious upbringing ... Neoliberal capitalism and its discontents ... A psychological reading of the Christian Trinity ... Are humans making spiritual progress? ...

An introduction to Universal Sufism ... "A path, not a religion" ... Incorporating worship practices from different faiths ... Wahida's religious community, The Abode of The Message ... How Wahida came to Universal Sufism ... The Universal Sufi teaching the world most needs now ...

Roy explains non-invasive brain stimulation ... Assessing the safety of this technology ... Can brain stimulation make you smarter? ... Does increasing memory decrease creativity? ... The possibility of unlocking savant-like abilities ... An ethical question about cognitive enhancement ...

Meet Ash, a practicing Norse Pagan ... The Norse gods, creation story, afterlife—and trolls! ... Are these beliefs metaphoric or literal? ... Ash's spiritual path from atheism to Paganism ... Ragnarök and accepting chaos as a part of life ... Why Norse Paganism appeals to some white supremacists ...

Dan questions the rationale for a liberal arts education ... Massimo defends the liberal arts ... Does studying the humanities make you a better citizen? ... Campus protesters with a little learning ... Valuing the liberal arts for their own sake ... Massimo: The humanities are dangerous ...

How personal trauma inspired David’s book on trauma and the Bible ... Ancient Israel’s transition from polytheism to "monolatry" ... The Babylonian exile and the birth of Abrahamic monotheism ... The link between trauma and God’s covenant with Israel ... Why the crucifixion of Jesus shocked his followers ... Why have Biblical texts survived? ...

Greg's work teaching Zen meditation to Brooklyn teens ... How Greg went from anger to Zen ... What young people learn from meditation ... Comparing Zen with other branches of Buddhism ... The experience of "emptiness" through meditation ... What's the purpose of Zen koans? ...

A Catholic questions whether Jesus is the "one and only savior" ... How Paul integrates Buddhism and Christianity ... Paul: Jesus, like the Buddha, "fully woke up" ... How "interbeing" leads to loving thy neighbor ... Meditation, the Eucharist, and the feeling that "all is well" ... Paul: Peace in the world starts with peace within yourself ...

Digging into C. S. Lewis's "Liar, Lunatic, or Lord" argument ... Did Jesus assert his own divinity? ... Unpacking "son of God" and "son of man" ... The Jesus of John vs. the Jesus of Mark ... How to use the New Testament as a historical document ... Why Leslie, a Christian, wants to rebut Lewis's apologetic ...