Flawed Theology

S3E4: The One Where Christians Love Dictators


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In this episode, Phil and Susie discuss the correlation between religious ideology and the ideologies of authoritarianism.  This was suggested to us as a It’s a Feature, not a Bug” idea, but we decided to expand it to a full episode topic, because there’s a lot of interesting things to talk about! Thanks to one of our listeners who suggested the topic.

  • Data Nuggets Segment:  Is there intelligent life on other planets? Opinions of the religious and non-religious.
  • https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/28/religious-americans-less-likely-to-believe-intelligent-life-exists-on-other-planets/

Sources: 

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_authoritarianism 
  • https://theconversation.com/trumps-use-of-religion-follows-playbook-of-authoritarian-leaning-leaders-the-world-over-140050
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389201/ 
  • https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-667
  • https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1236709842:1236709862
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