The Unseemly Resurrection of Jesus

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"I find him on religion to be less than effective at least in diagnosing the problems with it," he says of Dawkins. "We are convicted of the same lack of nuance by so-called sophisticated religious moderates or liberals ... that's sort of losing the plot, I'm not saying such sophisticated hair-splitting and equivocation isn't possible... It's just we're dealing with fundamentalists in broad strokes a lot of the time."

Bestselling author and friend of the podcast Sam Harris joins Tamler and Dave for a marathon podcast. (Seriously, pack two pairs of astronaut diapers for this one). We talk about the costs and benefits of religion, dropping acid in India, and the illusory nature of (a certain kind of) free will. Then we go at it on blame, moral responsibility, hatred, guilt, retribution, and vengeance. Sam thinks these are antiquated responses based on a belief in spooky metaphysics, Tamler thinks they are important components of human morality, and Dave just wants everyone to get along and be reasonable (like that nice Kant fellow).

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0:00-47:00 Intro and costs and benefits of religion

47:00-77:30 Drugs, the self, free will

77:30-- Blame, guilt, vengeance, moral responsibility, desert.

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