Neil Van Leeuwen — Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity Skeptic Skeptic
Read More Skeptic Shermer and Van Leeuwen discuss: his own personal religious journey (or lack thereof) • “believe,” “make-believe,” and “pretend play” • “taking God seriously” • 4 Principles of Factual Belief • Tanya Luhrmann’s How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others • willing suspension of disbelief • group identity • sacred […]