Atheist vs Christian vs Spiritual Thinker: The Paperclip Problem That Exposes Religion!

Nine in ten young people in the UK believe that their life is lacking. Purpose and a lot of people are turning back to religion. There is something going on. This is about the most important thing that anyone could ever find out about their life. And God has made us for a purpose. And the purpose flows from that meaning. I kind of reject that because this is a perfect example of a solution being provided without explaining exactly why it provides a solution. And that's what people are doing in Religious traditions. I hard disagree. For me, finding meaning and purpose is like a very practical thing. And that's what I want to talk about today. We are joined by an atheist, Christian, and spiritual thinker to find an answer to the purpose crisis millions are facing today. One of the reasons that I'm a Christian is because it's the best explanation for the way things are. But if Christianity were true, we would Not expect the kind of suffering that's present in the world. So I'm very curious. What if I died it from cancer at one year old? So someone violated God's commands and that had an impact on the world. So s children get cancer because a few million years ago someone ate it free. If you want religion to provide existential comfort for people who are suffering, you have to do more in the face of children dying of cancer. Uh than some reference to mythical human beings. But if your world view does not have a way of making sense or moral intuitions about suffering, it's not an adequate world view. What I would say the science and spirituality can really add is it's effective in terms of reducing suicidality, improving resilience, giving them a reason to wake up in the morning, and we'll get into that.

If someone's listening now and they feel lost in their life, is there any advice that you could give them? So as an atheist, I'm offering a psychological explanation. So I would recommend that they You're spot on, Alex. So the first thing to understand is it is an internal feeling we found in our study that if you Your sense of purpose increases by sixty eight percent. J me thirty seconds of your time. Two things I wanted to say. The first thing is a huge thank you for listening and tuning into the show week after week. It means the world to all of us, and this really is a dream that we absolutely never had and couldn't have imagined getting to this place.

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