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Posted by: badseed ( )
Date: May 07, 2012 04:51PM
The Psychology of Religion

Listening to a podcast on the Psychology of Religion & Belief on Mormon Stories.

http://mormonstories.org/339-342-the-psychology-of-religion-with-dr-james-nagel/

It's long— 5 parts— but the info is good. This guy brings up a bunch of studies that show how susceptible people are to believe in things that are not true because of how our minds work.

Part 2 at 42:00
Beliefs and Ideas are hard-wired and are not replaced easily.

45:00
Confirmation bias and Alma 32…"if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you"


On part 3 now.


If you have the time check it out.

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