42: The Answer to Almost Everything · SEASON 1

Do We Need God?

Episode 141 · 2024-12-08

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Episode overview

Religious faith is in decline in Europe, and yet 70% of human beings in the world believe in the existence of one or many deities. Do human beings need God? Are we homo religious rather than homo sapiens?

26 minutes

Season 1 episodes

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