The Course of Uncomfortable Ideas

In this section, we cover

• The Self-Fulfilling Nature of Social Injustice
• Love Isn’t Always Beautiful, and You Don’t Love Everyone
• People Are Much More Selfish Than You Think
• “Microaggressions” Are Less Common and Less Problematic Than People Think
• Religious Ideas Are Protected By Motivated Reasoning More Than Any Other Class of Ideas
• Adam, Eve, and the 6000 Year Old Universe
• The Soul
• The Christian Bible
• The “Goodness” of the Biblical God
• Belief and Faith
• Being an Atheist Doesn’t Make You Smarter and Certainly Not Better at Critical Thinking
• There is Evidence for God
• No, Believing in God is Not the Same as Believing in Santa Clause.
• Your Examples of History’s Jesus-like Figures are Likely
• Made Up or Greatly Exaggerated
• Evolution Does Not Answer the Question of Where we Came From
• It is Foolish To Demand That Believers Prove That God Exists
• No, Theists Will Not Understand Why You Don’t Believe In God When They Realize Why They Call Zeus a Myth
• Everyone is Not Born an Atheist
• Most Apparent Bible Contradictions Can Easily Be Explained
• You Should Give President Trump or President Clinton Your Support
• If You’re Offended, You’re Part of the Problem
• Why We Choose To Be Offended
• The Unconscious Factors That Influence Our Decision To Be Offended
• The Person/Idea Distinction Myth
• The Optimal Strategy
• It is Okay to Change Your Mind
• Concluding Thoughts