913 – Topics

00:03 The supreme being: conceptions of deities, upsurge in theism, primary axiom, definitions of god and God, life or death, God as the supreme being, the contradiction of non existence

15:25 Axiomatic: philosophical issue addressed by science and faith, blinded by science, blinded by faith, futile attempts to explain existence, axiomatic, not open to proof, existence and consciousness, role of science and religion, no first cause, religious practice

37:50 Salvation: belief in a supernatural god, fear of loss, praying for salvation, God’s intervention, false associations with atheism, atheism not a philosophy, respecting the principles of individualism

48:25 Religion as politics: Catholicism’s monopoly on salvation, Vatican is a political institution, Vatican against capitalism, eternal life, primacy of existence, magic versus supernatural, knowledge destroys concepts of deities, searching for souls to save

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