Dr. David DeSteno

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And positions of people interpreting what they think God did or what they think God said.

And that's where you run into problems.

No, and that's in some ways what awe is.

You're hitting on it exactly right.

It's a sense of not being able to fully comprehend, feeling small in the presence of it.

But I think the point that you're making that I want to make sure isn't lost is when you can understand it.

still doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

Or that God, if you're a person of faith, didn't set that process in motion.

And this is, again, is what I think is really important.

It's like, when we learn to explain something, we get an insight into the power of creation.

By creation, I mean following evolution, not God created the world in six days creation.

But as a lot of scientists who are people of faith will say,

That to me is awesome.

I appreciate the awe of creation that it happened this way.

It doesn't negate my belief in God because I can explain it.

God put us here with a brain to learn and to understand how God's creation works.

And so I think your point about overwhelm is right, but I want to make sure people realize that it doesn't mean that when you can explain it,

It's reducible.

Yeah.

So what we know, right, is that if you look at anxiety around death, it's kind of an upside down you, right?

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