In this week's episode, we're back to talking about the tenets and principles of Clean Thinking and we're doing so via our sixth discussion of a specific influence: part 2 of our religion. If you found the first episode a little uncomfortable, this one is going to be akin to watching Basic Instinct with grandma. After introducing the topic of religion in the last episode and touching on some of the less serious potential detriments, in this episode host Mike Marcella discusses some of the more serious and impactful problems that come about when we forget the essential subjectivity of our religious beliefs, namely the expectation that others accommodate our pro-life stance as it relates to abortion. Mike then goes on to detail how this viewpoint is not serving anyone and is not adding value to anyone's lives. The episode closes with a reflection on the good and bad of religion and how through Clean Thinking, the bad can be mitigated while the good can be extracted.

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Sources used in podcast:

• Pregnancy Stress and Its Effects on Children:
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528810/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4499279/
• Ties Between Religiosity and Belief in Conspiracy Theories:
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211368118301050
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-people-believe-conspiracy-theories/
• Relationship Between Prejudice and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage:
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5665159/
• Relationship Between Fear of Ambiguity, Tendency Toward Being Prejudiced, and Religion:
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103113000991
• https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/research-states-that-prejudice-comes-from-a-basic-human-need-and-way-of-thinking.html
• Religion and Self-Image:
• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797611427045