In this conversation, American philosopher and author Peter Boghossian picks my brain about my beliefs, religion, its purpose and truth claims, the origin of the universe, and the meaning of gods or higher beings. We also discuss doubt, the efficacy of prayer, and the effects of meaning. Enjoy! Peter's work: https://linktr.ee/peterboghossian Timestamps: 00:00 - Coming up 01:20 - Intro music 01:51 - Introduction 04:22 - How to see religion 10:01 - A truth claim 18:48 - Offering a world 21:32 - Are you comfortable with all your Christian beliefs? 23:25 - Would you follow sthg that helps but is false? 25:27 - Monogamy and trust 28:39 - Value relevance before proof 30:53 - Deconstruction 34:59 - A scale of doubt 38:19 - Studying prayer 41:06 - Meaning and prayer 44:58 - What is a god? 48:30 - What if a meteorite destroyed everything? 52:22 - The origin of the universe 56:18 - What if humans looked different? 01:02:49 - Telos of being 01:06:26 - What is being? 01:12:01 - Imagine a pagan world 01:15:50 - The need for higher beings 💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🗣 Join The Symbolic World Community for discussions about symbolism: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 🔒 BECOME A PATRON: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 📱 SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pageaujonathan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.pageau Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson.