Today’s episode discusses religion, but rather the lack thereof. Atheists categorically reject the existence of gods and the practice of obeying any sort of higher power. How does this develop? Where do they generate their morals from without a bible, torah, Quran, etc? While religion has united people around the world in admittedly prosocial and enriched ways, it has influenced others to commit unspeakable acts of violence too. Perhaps the same variables influence people differently, and maybe there is more to the story.

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Abraham: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (https://www.tbs.com/shows/full-frontal-with-samantha-bee)
Shane: Free Guy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264654/)

References and Links:

- https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Creating-Atheists-Peter-Boghossian/dp/1939578094/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=manual+for+creating+atheists&qid=1649510992&sprefix=manual+for+creat%2Caps%2C76&sr=8-1
- https://www.amazon.com/Science-Human-Behavior-B-F-Skinner/dp/0029290406
- Who are 'cultural Catholics'? | Pew Research Center
- What is Atheism? - American Atheists
- Ben Shapiro: 'There's a God-shaped hole in our hearts, and we're filling it with anger' - Glenn Beck
- Where do we go when we die? (mariecurie.org.uk)
- https://www.psypost.org/2021/10/new-psychology-research-identifies-a-robust-predictor-of-atheism-in-adulthood-61921
- The Science of Values: The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris - PMC (nih.gov)
- The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values: Harris, Sam: 8581129111119: Amazon.com: Books
- Sam Harris: “science must destroy religion” | Is there a God? (is-there-a-god.info)

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