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60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Religion as social control

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:25 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Religion as social control

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:25 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Transcript -- Religion as social control

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:25 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Transcript -- Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Transcript -- Religion as social control

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:25 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Transcript -- Had Marx got his way, society would be so happy being revolutionaries, there’d be no need for religion. He’d obviously never been to a Gulag.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Religion as ritual

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:24 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Religion as ritual

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:24 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Transcript -- Religion as ritual

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:24 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Transcript -- Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Transcript -- Religion as ritual

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:24 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Transcript -- Explore how ancient beliefs developed from “Eggism” into modern day religion. French philosopher, Comte explains how.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Religion as a mother

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:22 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Religion as a mother

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:22 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Transcript -- Religion as a mother

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:22 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Transcript -- Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Transcript -- Religion as a mother

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:22 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Transcript -- Why do so many people picture God as a man? JJ Bachofen suggested there was once a time when it was the Goddess, not God that people turned to for religious guidance.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Religion as a virus

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:19 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Religion as a virus

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:19 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone artwork

Transcript -- Religion as a virus

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPod/iPhone - September 14, 2012 13:19 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Transcript -- Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC artwork

Transcript -- Religion as a virus

60-Second Adventures in Religion - for iPad/Mac/PC - September 14, 2012 13:19 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Transcript -- Can science and religion ever sit side by side? Not according to Richard Dawkins. And he has rock-star mice to prove it.