Our Lives Matter S1E03: The Philosophies of Religion and Science

Our Lives Matter

Dec 14 2023 | 00:18:32

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Show Notes

Science is the systematic search for reliable information. Religions are stories about the world that assume events have supernatural origins, but that bring believers together. Those two seem incompatible at first. But we can see common themes among them if we look at them both as philosophies. ACT I Scene 1 (114 bpm) We got Christians in the house? We got Muslims in the house? We got Agnostics in the house? We got Atheists in the house? We got everybody in the house? Religion comes between a lot of people, so let’s talk about that now and get on…

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