Does religion influence how you see the world?
Jonathan Morgan I’m not talking about whether you see the world as a good place full of meaning and purpose. I’m talking about the details of your perception – what do you notice and what do you miss?...
View ArticleWhat if there were no God?
Jonathan Morgan Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about why God doesn’t exist– frankly, those arguments are pretty boring. Instead, this is a thought experiment. The results will say more about you than...
View ArticleNew Horizons in Religion and Health
Jonathan Morgan Beginning a blog-post with the words “cultural consonance” isn’t exactly click-bait. But if you’re at all interested in the relationship between religion and health, then pay...
View ArticleThe mountains don’t care
But sometimes they do Jonathan Morgan If you’re ever out in the Rockies, you’ll come across signs warning you about the dangers of the mountains. These signs don’t beat around the bush– they directly...
View ArticleGenuine Morality?
Jonathan Morgan What makes a good deed good? Is it the motivation? If you help someone out just because your religion tells you to, does that taint your good act? The social psychologist Will Gervais...
View ArticleHow we point to the sacred …and why that seems ridiculous to some
Jonathan Morgan After a long hiatus from blogging, it’s foolish to return by talking about an obtuse idea from philosophy. But here I go– because this concept is essential to understanding so much of...
View ArticleReligion and Virtues: Why Practicing Makes a Difference
Jonathan Morgan Last time I wrote about indexing, or how our actions allow us to point to and access deeper aspects of experience and reality. It was a pretty heady conversation, so it’s worth...
View ArticleThe Good Life
Jonathan Morgan What’s the good life? Ask a hundred people and you’ll get a hundred different answers. But if you step back and look at all their answers, they’ll tend to fall into two camps. One group...
View ArticleSacredness pt. 1
Jonathan Morgan What do you hold sacred? Maybe it’s a relationship? Maybe a family heirloom? How about a piece of land or time of year? A particular value? When people talk about modern society...
View ArticleSacredness pt. 2
Jonathan Morgan Last time I wrote about how we reason differently for those things that we consider sacred compared to profane things. For most of our daily lives, we make decisions using...
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