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Religious Belief and the Enlightenment with Ben Shapiro
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July 21, 2019
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Ben Shapiro really needs no introduction, given that he is now one of the most recognized individuals on the American political/journalism scene. In any case, he is an American lawyer, writer, journalist and political commentator. He has written ten books, the latest of which is The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great.
It (see Harper Collins Publishers at and Amazon.com at ).
He became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the US at age 17. He’s one of the most recognized current commentator on the new media, YouTube and Podcasts. He serves as editor in chief for the Daily Wire (), which he founded, and is the host of the Ben Shapiro Show, which runs daily on podcast and radio. It can be found, for example, on Soundcloud at
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(0:00) Intro
(1:51) False labels and death threats
(3:00) The rise of American tribalism
(7:19) Nature and hierarchy
(9:20) The spiritual promise of Marxism
(10:36) It’s easier to see the downside
(14:20) The purpose of the free market and social fabric
(16:27) Modes of equality
(17:21) Crony-capitalism doesn’t exist
(18:18) Reason cannot be complete on its own
(19:48) Facing the potential of the world
(22:01) In the image of God…
(23:33) Recognizing divinity
(25:45) The enlightenment was more than Hume
(26:36) Implicit assumptions that hint at the divine
(27:39) Maximal responsibility
(30:57) Sam Harris, willful process of thought
(32:18) Valid modes of existence through reason
(35:22) Making god a parody
(38:42) Jacob, to wrestle with god
(43:40) Cognitive structures and imbedded narrative
(45:35) Intuitive leaps
(47:43) The transformation of Renaissance art
(49:19) Inescapable corruption… almost
(51:06) Social fabric determines the character of a country
(52:00) Even atheists are fundamental theists
(53:55) Human flourishing
(56:35) When the left and the right encounter an ancient wall
(58:00) You can’t convince the faithful of morality without God
- BOOKS -
12 Rules for LifeAn Antidote to Chaos
Maps of MeaningThe Architecture of Belief
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