Belief, Identity and Sacrifice | Dr Jonathan Lanman

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Dr Jonathan Lanman describes surprising factors that predict whether someone will grow up to believe in god, and what makes people most likely to sacrifice themselves for their religion.
Spoiler alert: it's not doctrine.
Footage of Sufi rituals in Chechnya via Vincent Moon: www.vincentmoon.com
Morocco footage is from 'Exils,' by Tony Gatlif: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exils
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[@stijn4311]

Great video, especially the part on sacrificing one's own life was very interesting!

[@eliassanchez5864]

Thank you for putting out this content. It is very insightful and well done. Keep it up!

[@brady157]

If you combine these ideas of religiosity with those of Jung and Peterson. I think you get something like, religiosity Peterson described the advantage to adopting a belief system and he decribes the situations in which those advantages would needed.

[@illyriomopatis5817]

To state the obvious: The amount of people killing and dying for a particular religion at a given point in time is not related to the content of the holy texts - yes true. But: it is directly related to the content of the interpretation of those texts by religious authorities / preachers at a point in time. The crusades did not start because someone edited the bible, but because at that time the pope and his minions interpreted the text that way. The crusades certainly did not start because the knights felt discriminated, disadvantaged, threatend or anything of the kind.

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[@TheOlzee]

Can't handle the guys voice he might as well put a wig and bra on