14: Life, the Universe, and Everything - With Covert Fade and Jon Leger

In this episode, Covert Fade and Jon Leger discuss a vast range of topics including:

• Do JW's actually teach what's in the Bible?
• How to raise a child when the other parent is a strict JW
• How to get into activism
• How to overcome a fear of death once you realise the JW doctrine of living forever isn't true.
• The nature of the universe and human consciousness.
• Why cough syrup enhances a philosophical conversation.
• And more!

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Amazon links to the books discussed in this episode:

Pete Enns: The Bible Tells Me So https://amzn.to/2FasjWZ

Rob Bell: Love Wins https://amzn.to/2TJI0hY

Mike Mchargue: Finding God in the Waves  https://amzn.to/2F7m3zj

Robert Lanza: Bio centrism https://amzn.to/2F7lVQl

Robert Lanza Beyond Bio Centrism https://amzn.to/2FhAUIE

Steve Pinker: The Better Angels of Our Nature https://amzn.to/2Y116yJ

Douglas Adams: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy https://amzn.to/2Y3qpQB

Robert Wright: Why Buddhism is True https://amzn.to/2FgErav

Max Tegmark: Life 3.0 https://amzn.to/2FhimbB

William Von Hippel: The Social Leap https://amzn.to/2HncShT

 

Other Links

The Sam Harris / Max Tegmark Podcast Episode: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/94-the-future-of-intelligence/id733163012?i=1000391606538&mt=2

Crash Course Philosophy with Hank Green https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse