29. Childish God

Undeceptions with John Dickson · Nov 15, 2020 · 59m

For years, people have argued that our minds’ natural default position is non-belief. Left to ourselves, we would never grow up thinking about God.Religion is, therefore, an imposition on the susceptible minds of children. Some have suggested that teaching kids about God comes close to a form of brain washing.Our guest for this episode, Justin Barrett, says that is actually getting harder to argue.Research from the last 20 years indicates that thoughts about God aren’t by-products of American or Western culture. It’s not indoctrination. These thoughts are natural.Believing that someone - not…