Lecture: Who Dares Say He Believes in God?

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. (Mark 10:18; see also Luke 18:19).

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21, KJV).

I have been asked many times by many people if I believe in God. I don't like this question. I generally respond by stating that I act as if God exists, but that's not sufficiently true. Who could do that? Who could conduct themselves with the moral exactitude and care necessary of someone who would dare to make that claim? Either claim? In any case, after being asked the question yet again, when I was in Australia, I decided to attempt to answer it in some detail.

I would recommend watching them in the playlist order, which will be this lecture first, then my Prager talk, then the interview, if you're interested in doing so. I think they make a good group.The idea of belief in God is of extreme importance. I hope that these lectures and interviews add to everyone's understanding of my position and why I hold it.

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Thanks to the Prager U organization for the invitation and opportunity.

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12:10 "human consciousness is that faculty that confronts potential itself"
17:29 human dignity
25:36 rule 2
30:35 religious instinct
34:00 human biology
37:19 Jung on external religious narrative
39:54 we're not masters of our own bodies
43:55 Being both a Christian and a Marxist
48:20 Marxist ideas
57:15 Marx on religion
1:01:27 poem
1:05:40 Do I believe in God
1:16:35 Story of Jacob
1:20:30 Jordan's marriage
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