This podcast examines, page by page, the ideas proposed by Christian writer Ross Douthat in his book Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.
In his book, Ross Douthat claims that religious belief in general, and Christian belief specifically, is the rational choice. Do his arguments hold up to scrutiny?
Why make this podcast? Well, not everyone believes. We want to know why Ross Douthat thinks that’s so terrible, and why he’s using his power as a member of the media elite to try to get everybody in America to believe the same thing.
Quantum Physics Is Not Jesus Magic, Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat cites two physicists, in particular, Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg as he makes a wild claim about quantum physics and religion, but Werner Heisenberg and Niels Bohr both explicitly and publicly refuted the misinterpretation that Ross Douthat makes.