Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression

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🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Clinical psychologist Dr. Hector Garcia joins Seth Andrews for a candid (and potentially controversial) discussion about the origins and characteristics of man-made gods and the violence which so often defines them.

Dr. Garcia's book "Alpha God:" https://www.amazon.com/Alpha-God-Psychology-Religious-Oppression/dp/1633880206

Dr. Garcia's website: http://www.hector-garcia.com

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VIDEO of this interview: https://youtu.be/DiNLUeZGOcI

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Branch ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.7	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:45.2	Professor Bart Irman has written a ton of books
0:48.8	and edited a ton of books like almost 40, now, something like that.
0:52.8	And a few of his remain among my favorites.
0:55.5	In fact, I recommend them to people who were sort of dipping their toes
0:58.4	into religious studies and Jesus studies.
1:01.2	I love Jesus interrupted in the book Forged.
1:04.1	And he's got a new book called The Triumphant of Christianity,
1:07.8	How a Forbidden Religion Sweep the World.
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