{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Shock Absorber","title":"Does religion cause all wars?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4cd6b65b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3974,"description":"A trope that's often thrown at Christians since 9/11 is that religion causes all wars. Stu, Tim and Joel are in the Third Space Studio to examine the oft-raised comment and contend that a deeper dive into statistics and world history paints a different picture. They delve into where such arguments come from, how Christians can approach it and how to hold onto the evangelical line when doing so.\n2:05 Cultural Artefact: Hacksaw Ridge\n9:50 War is not glorious but intriguing\n14:28 New atheism, 9/11 and post-Christianity\n25:03 Adopting the right posture\n33:53 Where does the argument come from?\n52:27 Holding the evangelical line within the discussion\n1:00:55 Final thoughts\nWatch this episode on YouTube\nDISCUSSED ON THIS EPISODE\n\nHenry V speech Stu was showing before the episode\nHacksaw Ridge\nWorld War Two channel\nThe End of History and the Last Man, by Francis Fukayama\nIs Religion the Cause of Most Wars?, by Rabbi Alan Lurie\nEncyclopedia of Wars, by Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod\nGod is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens\nRichard Dawkins loses ‘humanist of the year’ title over trans comments\nThirty Years War\nRene Descartes\nDid Descartes Sleep in an Oven?\nThe French Revolution\nDoes Religion Cause Violence?, by John Dickson\nThe Myth of Religious Violence, by Karen Armstrong\nUS switching from biblical American Revolution values to secular French Revolution ones, by Os Guinness\nThe Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom, by Os Guinness\nCONTACT US\nShock Absorber Email: joel@shockabsorber.com.au\nShock Absorber Discord: https://discord.gg/jTD5KNAYVE\nShock Absorber Website: shockabsorber.com.au\nSoul Revival Shop: soulrevival.shop","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xefvzfzzrkbs1GjU01qCch0kUaJzwBthG2qO_sgqCm8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzg4NjYvMTU4NTEz/OTEyOS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}