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Mormon Stories Podcast

342: The Psychology of Religion with Dr. James Nagel Pt. 5

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2012

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this 5 part series with accompanying visuals, Dr. James Nagel (also known as AntiCitizenX) discusses the psychology of religious belief. Videos and PowerPoints available below, and are highly recommended.

Transcript

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Alright, well, if you don't mind, this has been really interesting.

0:35.0

I find it in many ways compelling.

0:37.5

Do you mind if I close this by maybe making this a little bit?

0:41.8

I don't know. I just want to ask you some questions and push back a little bit

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just to kind of have a discussion, okay?

0:50.6

Okay. So, first of all, you know, I think we already started with the idea that

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that one of the benefits of science is that it acknowledges that at any point in time,

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it could be wrong, right?

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Yes, that's a key feature.

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Actually, there's a word for it called tentivism is that nothing is for certain.

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Everything is just tentative until better evidence comes along in over-term.

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So, you acknowledge that all this falls under that category of tentative, right?

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Oh, I can be wrong about everything I've discussed and I would welcome the opportunity

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to be corrected by people.

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Okay, okay. Good, good, good.

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So, let's begin by just talking about, you know, sort of from a pragmatic perspective.

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You know, you talk about evolution and you not only talk about biological evolution,

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