On the NPR TED Radio Hour, Sunday 8th February, Newstalk FM:

'Believers and Doubters'

Why do some of us believe, and some of us don’t? Can our doubts bring our beliefs into sharper focus? Do we all need to believe in something, and to seek meaning by creating rituals, myths and symbols? And what is the difference between belief and faith? This Sunday 8th February at 6pm, TED speakers offer personal perspectives on belief from all ends of the spectrum, from ardent atheists to the devout faithful. 

Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world, but that they can only accomplish so much. Graham's daughter, Anne Graham Lotz, reflects on her father's idea of the nature of faith.  

Writer Lesley Hazleton calls for a new appreciation of doubt and questioning as the foundation of faith and an end to fundamentalism of all kinds. 

When two young Mormon missionaries knock on performer Julia Sweeney's door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs.

What aspects of religion should atheists adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a "religion for atheists" that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence. 

Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India, and of the West, and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another.

The NPR TED Radio Hour on Newstalk 106-108 FM, this Sunday at 6pm.

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