15 min
Episode 11 - Religion Makes People Feel Better, But Tax Churches Anyway The Devil in the Details
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- Religion & Spirituality
On this mini-episode, the Satanic Skeptic reviews a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "National Religiosity Eases the Psychological Burden of Poverty." Is religiosity, the degree of religious belief, likely a major factor that makes poor people feel better? Is that true of both developing and developed (first world) nations? As Satanists, why should we care? What does that have to do with taxing churches? Listen to the show and found out!
On this mini-episode, the Satanic Skeptic reviews a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "National Religiosity Eases the Psychological Burden of Poverty." Is religiosity, the degree of religious belief, likely a major factor that makes poor people feel better? Is that true of both developing and developed (first world) nations? As Satanists, why should we care? What does that have to do with taxing churches? Listen to the show and found out!
15 min