In this episode, Phil and Susie discuss the correlation between religious ideology and the ideologies of authoritarianism. This was suggested to us as a It’s a Feature, not a Bug” idea, but we decided to expand it to a full episode topic, because there’s a lot of interesting things to talk about! Thanks to one of our listeners who suggested the topic.
- Data Nuggets Segment: Is there intelligent life on other planets? Opinions of the religious and non-religious.
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_authoritarianism
- https://theconversation.com/trumps-use-of-religion-follows-playbook-of-authoritarian-leaning-leaders-the-world-over-140050
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389201/
- https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-667
- https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=1236709842:1236709862
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