The Religion and War Feedback Loop? [Interview feat. Dr. Joe Henrich]

This is an interview I conducted with Dr. Joe Henrich at the Religion and Science Colloquium hosted by the Center for Mind and Culture in March 2019. We talk about his recent article on the effect that violent conflict has on religiosity.
Watch the main synopsis video here: • War Makes Us More Reli...
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20 hours of work on this video, and I can't monetize it because it's about war. If you've ever considered donating to RFB, this would be a great opportunity! Here's the Patreon link and the PayPal link: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast | www.paypal.me/religionforbreakfast

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War & religion, especially in the middle ages. See War of Roses, France & England, both Catholic ....

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@@robertmeyer9202 Manifest Destiny, Zionist settler colonists in Palestine.. Cultivating identities to divide populations, propagandic indoctrination for domesticating society into service of a minority of financial elites. Controlling narrative and economies has been the real religious tradition since the first recorded religions. Worship Warship Pray Prey Prophets Profits

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I think the name is a Lord Of The Rings reference

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Religion for elevenses!

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Religion for Lunch is a good idea, I second that!

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The 'Credibility-Enhancing-Displays' discussion is really fascinating. Very good job interviewing, Andrew.

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Always happy to see a sneaky Tolkien reference.

[@tmenzerj]

Very interesting discussion. I did my graduate practicum on how social capital affects communities in disasters and I am hearing a lot of familiar language here.

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Thank you for your hard work 😀

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CrED. What a great acronym.

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This reminds one of cults that require members to give up so many things and even though it looks insane from far away, it's not validated through evidence that this can help it's longevity.

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[@oskarhenriksen]

I think the name is a Lord of the Rings reference

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Thank you, waiting for more interviews on this channel. Your content is very interesting!

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Looking forward to more interviews :)

[@jcfretts]

It would be fascinating to revisit this discussion with him now, in light of the last two years of COVID "cred"

[@IkariLoona]

The link to the main video is not appearing in the description.

[@icarus675]

I cannot completely unfocus from the grain of this jacket.

[@hafizajiaziz8773]

Where can I read paper on this topic? It sounds really interesting.

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But what about 3rd Breakfast?

[@solomonessix6909]

This information makes me reflect on the hyper-religious black population in the United States when compared alongside the trauma of continental Africans that are exploited to convert to religion when calamity visits there homes and nations. American history records the plight of the formerly enslaved African in America as; traumatic, exploitative, marginalizing, detrimental and oppressive. In my opinion, this study appears to substance to the secondary religious capture of traumatize African Americans.

[@dawndead9591]

Mundanely, it seems markedly anti-intellectual, if not anti-rational, not to allow monetization on a serious discussion of a serious topic. The algorithm and monitoring are failures if that's the case. I know not the Way of the Google$, hear there are changes being made, but have no expectation that better wisdomS will result, so PayPal it is. I may return with a few ponderings about Dr. Henrich's paper, esp. if I can locate a copy to read.

[@samuelalvarez3893]

Nice video. Great job. I haven't red the study, but I wonder if the outcome of the war was taken into account. I can see that that could be also an important factor, who wins the war will shape the society that comes later. I think for example in our Spanish civil war. A secular progresive government + leftist and trade unions against a nationalist, conservative faction with strong ties to the military and religious stablishment. It does not mean at all tha the war was religious, as both sides were roman catholic. Nevertheless, religion was much more important for one side, and religion (or antireligious sentiments, in the republican side) was used as propaganda. Spain became a much religious country i'm prety sure. I wonder, if the war would have been won by the other faction, religiosity (described as in the video. Attending religious services) I think would have decreased in favour of other social expresions like political parties, trade unionism, social clubs, etc. Not contradicting the study's hypothesis, but adding a dimension that I find relevant. Maybe the study takes this into account, don't know. Cheers from Spain

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Anyone else think he has a slight resemblance to Charlie sheen?

[@bhagwatshah]

Wars also turn people away from God because they see all the suffering and realise, God did not stop it!! As a direct result of WWI and WWII, Europe saw a massive decline in religious activity and church attendance. Examples you have given are of places that are still way back on modernisation and the majority of the population is rural or illiterate. Preachers and priests have a field day when the congregation is clueless and will believe anything that is told to them. In such places, preachers use war and loss / victory as a reason for holding on to their faith and asking God to help.