The Peril of Peril

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I literally have never worried about that for a second in my life. Just from stupid things like driving a moped on the wrong side of the highway in Mexico and then a friend getting my attention seconds before this truck would have just completely... Actually, a couple of my life in peril of things happen on mopeds. One happened scuba diving. So you're like an animal. You're like freaked out like the hunter is up shooting right now. Soon as that's over, you're just like, eh. That's why you kept getting on a moped. And I wasn't even that freaked out. It must be temperamental. She'll be like, sorry

Does life have meaning if there is no God? Why should I be a good person if there's no reward or punishment waiting for me in the afterlife? Why does religion seem to make people happier and healthier? Dave and Tamler heroically try to answer these questions without being stoned. Other topics include Dave's paralyzing fear of death, bad times on mopeds, and the pros and cons of naming your daughter Chlamydia. They almost get through the episode without having to censor something--but not quite.

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Woody Allen's "Love and Death"

Paul Bloom- Does Religion Make You Nice? [Slate.com]

Follow-up reading on religion and health (for the slightly academically inclined)- Powell, L. H., Shahabi, L., & Thoresen, C. E. (2003). Religion and spirituality: Linkages to physical health. American Psychologist, 58, 36.

Pascal's Wager [wikipedia.org]

Albert Camus [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]

The Problem of Evil. [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]

"Yes but subjectivity is objective."

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