There’s this reverend from the Church of England who appears frequently on British panel shows. I forget his name. But anyways, he was on some show, let’s say QI, and they were talking about a guy who claimed to be a minister, but he turned out to be a confidence trickster, and the reverend jokingly says, “What’s the difference?”
Religion sells certainty. The world is a big unknowable mystery, and that’s scary. So people are inclined to listen to anyone who is full of certainty and claims to know everything and how it all works and what to do.
Why does he draw the line at Genesis? Why not the entire Bible?
There’s this reverend from the Church of England who appears frequently on British panel shows. I forget his name. But anyways, he was on some show, let’s say QI, and they were talking about a guy who claimed to be a minister, but he turned out to be a confidence trickster, and the reverend jokingly says, “What’s the difference?”
I would guess it’s Reverend Richard Coles (wiki link).
That is the correct one. And I was able to use his name to find the clip.
A man’s gotta eat!
Because if he admits to himself that it’s all lies his life will have no more meaning. Religious indoctrination is abuse.
Religion sells certainty. The world is a big unknowable mystery, and that’s scary. So people are inclined to listen to anyone who is full of certainty and claims to know everything and how it all works and what to do.