The Course of Uncomfortable Ideas

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Lesson 48: Some More 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
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