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Hello and welcome to this week's classic replay.

It's Justin here to introduce today's show from the archive.

This belief in the supernatural inherent from birth is Christianity a psychological

crutch or a path to emotional wholeness.

Is God belief simply a result of evolution?

Would it make belief in untrue if it were?

Well these and more questions get discussed in today's show on the psychology of religion

featuring atheist psychological therapist Martin Freyne and Christian tutor of psychology

of religion, Reverend Dr. Joanna Collick at McGraft in a show that was first broadcast

in July 2010.

So thanks for tuning in and don't forget you can find many more shows from the unbelievable

podcast archive at premierchristianradio.com slash unbelievable.

We're asking the question on the program today.

Is religion a trick of the mind and in for a friendly chat really on the discussion panel

today.

My two guests are Martin Freyne.

He's a psychological therapist.

An atheist from Glasgow will hear some of his background shortly.

Also Joanna Collickert who's a senior lecturer in psychology at Heathrop College in London

and she's a Christian, she's ordained and we'll be finding out where she stands on

the whole issue of the psychology of religion, particularly as it pertains of course to Christianity.

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