Classic Replay: Is belief in Divine punishment good or bad for us? Dominic Johnson and Peter S Williams
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From 2016: Dominic Johnson’s book ‘God is Watching You: How the fear of God makes us human’ makes the claim that belief in divine punishment has arisen because of the evolutionary advantage it brings in creating cooperative, moral societies. Christian philosopher Peter S Williams interacts with Dominic on questions over whether his research explains away religious belief, and whether Christianity is a religion of punishment and rewards.
For ‘God is Watching You’: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/god-is-watching-you-9780199895632?cc=gb
For Peter S Williams: http://www.peterswilliams.com
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Released on 5 Sep 2023
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