Unbelievable? Is belief in Divine punishment good or bad for us? Dominic Johnson and Peter S Williams

2016-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Dominic Johnson’s new book ‘God is Watching You: How the fear of God makes us human’ makes the claim that belief in divine punishment has arisen because of the evolutionary advantage it brings in creating cooperative, moral societies.

Christian philosopher Peter S Williams interacts with Dominic on questions over whether his research explains away religious belief, and whether Christianity is a religion of punishment and rewards.

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