{"id":3825,"date":"2024-07-29T03:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2025-04-08T04:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T04:51:45","slug":"how-we-believe-science-skepticism-and-the-search-for-god-2nd-edition-by-michael-shermer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/how-we-believe-science-skepticism-and-the-search-for-god-2nd-edition-by-michael-shermer\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God (2nd Edition) by Michael Shermer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God”<\/strong> by Michael Shermer examines why people believe in God and the role of science and skepticism in understanding belief. Shermer explores the psychological, social, and evolutionary factors that contribute to religious belief, contrasting these with scientific explanations. The book emphasizes the importance of skepticism and critical thinking, advocating for a scientific approach to questions of faith and existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Psychological and Social Factors<\/strong>: Explores why people believe in God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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  3. Skepticism<\/strong>: Promotes critical thinking and skepticism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Evolutionary Perspectives<\/strong>: Examines the evolutionary basis for belief.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Search for Meaning<\/strong>: Discusses the human quest for understanding and purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    “How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God” by Michael Shermer examines why people believe in God and the role of science and skepticism in understanding belief. Shermer explores the psychological, social, and evolutionary factors that contribute to religious belief, contrasting these with scientific explanations. The book emphasizes the importance of skepticism and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[851,44],"tags":[500,58,67,743,62,52,55,742,53],"class_list":{"0":"post-3825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"category-science","9":"tag-belief","10":"tag-critical-thinking","11":"tag-evolution","12":"tag-faith-vs-science","13":"tag-psychology","14":"tag-religion","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-search-for-meaning","17":"tag-skepticism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4298,"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3825\/revisions\/4298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theglobalhumanist.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}