"They Told Us to Just Believe" (Critically thinking about the origins of beliefs - Are they real?) explores the difference between religious beliefs that are factual and those that are something else entirely - it combines religious history and critical thinking to help readers of all beliefs to have "not-so-blind faith." More broadly, getting better at differentiating between what is real, what is fantasy, and what is unknowable makes us savvier about misinformation, less likely to be foo...

"They Told Us to Just Believe" (Critically thinking about the origins of beliefs - Are they real?) explores the difference between religious beliefs that are factual and those that are something else entirely - it combines religious history and critical thinking to help readers of all beliefs to have "not-so-blind faith." More broadly, getting better at differentiating between what is real, what is fantasy, and what is unknowable makes us savvier about misinformation, less likely to be foo...