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Podcasts "The two episode "Belief and Reason" podcast can be accessed through http://www.thechurchisnottrue.com/ and at the links below. Notes for these podcasts, including a number of diagrams that will help in following the discussion, can be found at http://mccue.cc/bob/documents/rs.does mormonism cause irrational belief.pdf. The basic idea is that a lot of objective data can be marshalled to support that idea that Mormonism and other forms of literalist religious belief impair our ability to rationally perceive and work with evidence about the real world, and in that regard are comparable in some ways to taking a drug that is known to impair judgement." Belief and Reason (Episode 1) Belief and Reason (Episode 2) "The two episode "Was Joseph Smith Trustworthy?" podcast can be accessed through http://www.thechurchisnottrue.com/ and at the links below. Notes for these podcasts can be found at http://mccue.cc/bob/documents/rs.does mormonism cause irrational belief.pdf starting at page 33. Most of Mormonism's foundation was created by statements made by Joseph Smith concerning his dealings with God and His angels. The credibility of these statements rely entirely upon Smith's trustworthiness. Hence, if he is not trustworthy Mormonism has a serious problem. This set of podcasts addresses both the evidence regarding Smith's lack of trustworthiness, and why faithful Mormons should be expected to look for ways to ignore and dismiss this evidence. This pattern of irrationally defending a community's foundational stories can be found in many other human groups with religious, political and many other kinds of ideological foundations." Was Joseph Smith Trustworthy (Episode 1) Was Joseph Smith Trustworthy (Episode 2) |