Robert Wright — The Evolution of God
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Evolution of God
Robert Wright argues that one effect of successful religions across human history has been to keep chaos at bay. He says when people see other people as threatening, they're more likely to see their God as counseling belligerents toward those people. In the sweep of these texts, there are violent impulses and there is the love impulse. There's killer enemies and there is love the stranger, love your enemy.
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