"When it comes to your parents' life, all of a sudden, you don't really want to optimize," he says. "All the things that we think are ideal for society just goes out the window when it actually comes to showing love and compassion" In science, scientists usually say God is there but not rules in which one must obey; they're doing it to understand God's framework rather than build him from those rules. 'I guess now we have to define what religion means': Do we mean an understanding of how God works or who God is?
This program was recorded at a Veritas Forum event on University of Washington in 2019. The original title was, "Does Science Point to Atheism?" and featured Satyan Devadoss, University of San Diego Professor, and Conor Mayo-Wilson, University of Washington Professor.
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