God, Incorporated: The Big Business of Religion

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In the New Testament, Christ tossed the money-changers out of the temple. What might that same Jesus have said about today's marketplaces for the literal selling of salvation?

Support our sponsors:
Get a free trial at The Great Courses Plus via http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/seth
Get a free trial set from Harrys via http://www.harrys.com/thethinkingatheist

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Okay, here we go, standby.
0:02.0	Three, two, one.
0:04.0	The thinking atheist, it's not a person.
0:08.0	It's a symbol, an idea.
0:10.0	The population of atheists in this country is going through the roof.
0:14.0	Rejecting faith, pursuing knowledge,
0:17.0	challenging the sacred.
0:19.0	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth.
0:22.0	Not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish
0:25.0	and working together.
0:27.0	For a more rational world.
0:29.0	Take the risk of thinking, feel so.
0:31.0	Much more happiness, true fusion wisdom will come to you that way.
0:35.0	Assume nothing.
0:37.0	Question everything.
0:39.0	And start thinking.
0:42.0	This is the thinking atheist podcast hosted by Seth Anders.
0:48.0	Our telescopes, our microscopes, the technology that we use to examine the world and the universe.
1:01.0	Are in a lot of ways a kind of time machine that gives us a window and do where it all came from.
1:06.0	And Dr. Robert Hason has a lecture series at the Great Courses Plus
1:10.0	that plunges us into the real Genesis stories of life, the universe, and everything.
1:16.0	With the course called the origin and evolution of earth from the big bang to the future of human existence.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Thinking Atheist, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Thinking Atheist and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.