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Author: Matt Payne

Philippa Carter: What is a religion?

Posted on March 29, 2023September 27, 2025 By Matt Payne

() has her PhD in Religious Studies, is a professor within McMaster’s Society, Culture & Religion degree program, and teaches a course called, “What on Earth is Religion?” Yet there is no simple answer to this straightforward question. The…

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Jamie Woodhouse on Sentientism

Posted on March 15, 2023September 27, 2025 By Matt Payne

Jamie is a leading advocate for (“evidence, reason, and compassion for all sentient beings”) as a worldview and as a global movement. Jamie and Leslie discuss what Sentientism is along with its philosophical, ethical, and practical implications….

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Bonus: Leslie Rosenblood debates God’s role in politics

Posted on March 8, 2023September 27, 2025 By Matt Payne

In February 2015, Leslie Rosenblood participated in the second Chesterton debate, organized by the Archdiocese of Toronto, arguing against the motion that God should play a significant role in political affairs. Iain Benson, a Roman Catholic legal…

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Chris Shelton on Scientology and destructive cults

Posted on March 1, 2023September 27, 2025 By Matt Payne

was raised within the Church of Scientology, which he left a decade ago. Since then, he has dedicated his life to helping those seeking to escape coercively controlling environments. Chris explains how all cults use the same playbook to recruit and…

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Allan Offenberger on Fusion Research: What We’ve Achieved, What Remains to be Solved

Posted on February 15, 2023September 27, 2025 By Matt Payne

In December 2022, fusion researchers achieved a major accomplishment: more energy resulted from a controlled fusion reaction than was put into it. Allan explains why this is more a symbolic milestone than a sign that commercial fusion is imminent….

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