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The World Needs Religion Even if it Doesn't Need God

Intelligence Squared

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The Importance of Oratory in Religion

Religions are interested in sermons and the secular world's interested in lectures. A sermon wants to change your life, whereas a lecture just wants to impart information. The other thing religions remember is you're dealing with people who are not just minds but also bodies. So wonderful rituals in Zen Buddhism, the Zen Buddhist tea ceremony. It doesn't just do this through lectures; it gives us a cup of tea in a certain room.

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