Norman Orr’s book “Embracing Biological Humanism” featured in an interview with Benji Cole from CBS Radio
Norman Orr discussed his book Embracing Biological Humanism in a radio interview with Benji Cole from CBS Radio.
Norman Orr provides new ways to think about these questions and many more in this book that promotes the idea of embracing biological humanism.
He begins by sharing a syllogism that demonstrates God is an idea created by humans, and therefore, not real. Next, he explores when, how, and why humans created the idea of God. He also answers questions such as:
- What are the benefits of abandoning the idea that we are special creatures created by God and replace that concept with the premise that we are only biological organisms?
- What does the cultural artifact of Santa Claus created by humans tell us about the idea of God?
- What is the concept of social constructionism and how does it relate to the idea of god?
The author also asks who humans are if we are not beings created by God—as well as why we must recognize that the brain normally operates on the basis of biases.