Refuting Dennis Prager's Consequences of Secularism Video
From Glass City Humanist by Douglas Berger - Humanist Advocate
December 29, 2025 · 43 min · Episode 115
About this episode
The episode critiques Dennis Prager's claims about secularism and its consequences, addressing various philosophical and political assertions he makes in his video.
We examine the claims made in a two part video by conservative political commentator Dennis Prager. The video titled 'The Consequences of Secularism' includes Prager's vague and misleading claims about secularism which he fails to define. He includes not only philosophical claims but also political claims that don't hold up to closer scrutiny in order to bolster his religious beliefs. Problems start when he limits his claims only to western Judeo-Christian values. We look at his claims against Diversity being an asset, that human worthiness requires a god, secularism leads to a loss of meaning, cherry picking science to claiming that religion is the bee's knees, and finally the old trope that western Judeo-Christian believers abolished slavery. 01:00 Introduction 05:41 Diversity is not a strength 11:26 Human worth requires the divine 17:34 Secularism leads to the death of meaning 21:37 The science proof for religious belief 38:15 Religious involvement in slavery Full show notes & Links Subscribe to our free newsletter Check out our merch
Topics covered
- secularism
- diversity
- human worth
- meaning
- science and religion
- slavery
Keywords
- Dennis Prager
- conservative commentary
- Judeo-Christian values
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Consequences of Secularism, The Consequences of Secularism
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