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#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom

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Is Your Mortality a Fatal Event?

Is there something potentially deeper than just a lack of meaning that speaks to the fact that we're vulnerable to despair? Ernest Becker talked about in his book, Denial of Death, about the fear of death and being an important motivator in our life. Is it possible that this kind of search for meaning is coupled or can be seen from the perspective of trying to escape the thought of one's own mortality?

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