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Susan Blackmore - Do we need God to make sense of life?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The New Atheists Are Taking It Seriously

I've seen you say that you certainly live your life as though God exists. Yes, I would say well to the best of my ability. And I think that's the fundamental hallmark of belief is how you act, not what you say about what you think you think. If our thoughts were transparent to ourselves, they're not in the least. And you've been willing to be quite critical as well of some of the new atheists. So Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, what have you made of their particular way of approach? Oh they just don't take it seriously enough. As far as I'm concerned they don't contend with the real thinkers.

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