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06/28/24 • 54 min
Can religion provide a pathway for a better tomorrow? Can it aid us in bringing peace where everything else seems to have failed?
Is your privacy sacred?
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03/08/24 • 54 min
Evolving digital technologies have supercharged our anxieties around privacy and surveillance. These concerns may feel new, but they have always existed. Privacy is central to human dignity, intimacy and wellbeing - but in a world of ever-evolving technologies - is privacy in its death throes?
Guests:
Anita Allen, Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Hugh Breakey, Professor of Philosophy, Griffith University
David Vincent, Professor Emeritus, Open Universities UK, author of Privacy: A Short History
02/07/25 • 54 min
Why do religions tell us to cover up? And how has this affected the way we value, judge, and sexualise our bodies in the modern world?
02/21/25 • 54 min
How have 'psychedelics' and recreational drugs affected (and been affected by) religion?
10/04/24 • 54 min
Constant images of suffering and trauma have been channelled through our digital devices for the past 12 months. With some people switching off in the name of self-preservation, the moral question remains as to whether this is an act of ignorant privilege or practical necessity.
Do religions die?
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04/19/24 • 54 min
Today, billions of people adhere to one of the “Big Five” major religions, but there are many more religions from history that have died out. Conquests, cultural change and conversions have all caused religions to shift, shrink and disappear. But when can we truly declare a religion “dead”? And could the religions of today die out in the distant future?
Guests:
Aslan Pahari, Video presenter/producer, ABC Digital Content and Innovation
Adam Bowles, Associate Professor in Asian Religions at the University of Queensland
Carole Cusak, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney
Did the human species invent the Bible?
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04/04/25 • 54 min
But if God says that man is fallible, and man wrote the Bible, then how can we know that the Bible is the true word of God? Where do our ideas of God come from? Is he purely a human-made invention, used to tell a morally compelling ancient story?
10/18/24 • 54 min
What do dancing Mormons, blind dates, and superyachts have in common?
04/05/24 • 54 min
The federal government is unwilling to progress promised religious discrimination reforms unless it secures bipartisan support from the Coalition. Can a compromise be reached, or is this debate likely to be shelved again? Guests:
Chris Bedding, is Executive Officer of Faith Workers Alliance and a priest of the Anglican Church in Perth
David Robertson, Presbyterian minister, director of the ASK project of Evangelism and New Churches of the Sydney Anglican diocese
Dr. Renae Barker, lawyer and senior lecturer at the UWA Law School
03/14/25 • 54 min
How can you ethically condense millions of years of history, religion, and culture into a 30-second video?
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FAQ
How many episodes does God Forbid have?
God Forbid currently has 313 episodes available.
What topics does God Forbid cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Podcasts and Philosophy.
What is the most popular episode on God Forbid?
The episode title 'What does it mean to be clean?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on God Forbid?
The average episode length on God Forbid is 55 minutes.
How often are episodes of God Forbid released?
Episodes of God Forbid are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of God Forbid?
The first episode of God Forbid was released on Jun 16, 2019.
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