Religion Tagged Episodes

June 22, 2014

Pantheism is the doctrine that the world is either identical with God or an expression…

January 19, 2014

Religions rely on miracles to demonstrate the authenticity of figures thought to have supernatural powers. …

December 15, 2013

In most Western democracies, religions are exempt from certain rules and regulations that most other…

June 9, 2013

The world disclosed by the physical sciences can seem depressing. Modern physics, for example, has…

March 24, 2013

Nothing stirs up controversy like abortion.  To some, it carries the steep moral cost of…

July 29, 2012

Humanism as a movement arose with the Renaissance.  It took powerful expression with the Enlightenment,…

April 24, 2011

Worship is the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for something.  The attitude of…

September 12, 2010

The American Revolution was saturated with meaning and ambiguity, from the words of the Declaration…

August 2, 2009

Does faith obscure reason? Does reason obscure faith? Or perhaps their subject matters are different.…

February 15, 2009

Many religions contemplate some form of personal continued existence after death: reincarnation in another body,…

July 20, 2008

Some have argued that there aren’t any good arguments for believing in God. Is belief…

June 8, 2008

Many religions tell us that God is perfect: all-knowing, all-powerful, and beneficent.  Why then do…

June 13, 2006

What is the sound of one hand clapping?  Does Zen Buddhism provide a unique perspective…

July 5, 2005

Is there such a thing as absolute truth, independent of who is doing the thinking,…

March 1, 2005

David Hume was a superb essayist, a brilliant philosopher, and a world-class bon vivant. His…

February 1, 2005

Is there such a thing as pure evil in the world? How should we confront…