Can an atheist defend religion without believing in God?
That’s exactly what we’re doing in this episode.
A FutureIQ viewer asked a sharp question: If you’re an atheist, why do you still talk about the Bhagavad Gita and religious teachings? This episode is our honest answer.
We start by doing something unusual listing all the strongest problems with religion, exactly as a typical atheist would see them. False claims. Conflicting beliefs. Violence, guilt, fear, generational clashes, and misuse by power. No sugarcoating.
Then comes the twist.
Instead of asking “Is religion true?” we ask a more uncomfortable question:
What has religion actually done to human behavior, cooperation, and society?
From rituals and community bonding to coordination, shared meaning, and stability during chaos we explore why religion may have survived for thousands of years despite its flaws, and why removing it entirely may not solve the problems people think it will.
This is not a defense of blind belief, and it’s not an attack on atheism.
It’s a first-principles look at what religion gets wrong, what it accidentally gets right, and how to take the good without swallowing the bad.
If you enjoy thoughtful debates, uncomfortable questions, and ideas that don’t fit neatly into ideological boxes this episode is for you.
