On this episode of Skeptico, God's rules.

There are only two rules.

You can't tell anybody your God, and you can't mess with free will.

Can I ask why?

Yes, you can.

That's the beauty of it.

And what they mean for free will.

But what we can do is at every moment of every day, right now, we have a choice to make.

What am I going to say next?

How am I going to live my life in the next hour?

This little nugget of freedom that we have at every moment of our

lives. That first clip was from the movie Bruce Almighty. And the second was from today's guest, Dr. Stafford

Betty. You're going to meet in a minute, and I think you're going to like him as much as I do.

He's

just done a tremendous amount of work on after death and he's also a religious scholar and

very, very interesting guy. I hope you like the interview. Welcome to Skeptico where we explore

controversial science and spirituality with leading researchers, thinkers,

and their critics.

I'm your host Alex Scareas.

Today, I'm excited and honored to welcome Dr. Stanford Betty to Skeptico.

Let me read a little bio here.

Stanford Betty earned a Ph.D. from Ford, was a professor of world religions at Cal State

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