The Evolution of Religion (text)

Our Lives Matter

Mar 22 2024 | 00:29:07

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Show Notes

ACT I Scene 1 Are you on my side? Am I on your side? If we want to be on the same side but we don’t know each other, what should we do? Do we believe in the same things? Can we trust each other? People of different religions have been looking for ways to see themselves as part of the same story for a long time. Archeology and evolutionary psychology make that a lot simpler. This is a story that leads from the Big Bang to star dust to sunlight shining on muddy water to chimpanzees climbing in trees…

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