RE: Question For Fellow Atheists...
January 11, 2017 at 1:52 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2017 at 1:54 am by robvalue.)
Auto: It sounds like, in your case, the indoctrination didn't take. Think of it like a computer virus. It never properly took over your system. Your natural scepticism acted as an anti-virus.
For people who perhaps aren't as sceptical, or got more aggressively indoctrinated, it gets into their brain and it takes a strong presence. The brain then naturally defends its strongly held beliefs, by throwing up any objection at all rather than having to consider the belief might be wrong.
I'm just trying to explain scientifically what is going on with people. I agree that on the surface it is insane that a grown adult can't see through the nonsense of religion. But it's not as simple as that, the virus is insidious and it pulls the person heavily into delusion. So much so that it can make them think that those not in their religion are the deluded ones.
I think that randomly debating theists is usually a waste of time, unless they are genuinely interested in listening and examining their beliefs. But debating on the internet is more worthwhile, because the broken nature of their position is clear for all the viewers to see.
For people who perhaps aren't as sceptical, or got more aggressively indoctrinated, it gets into their brain and it takes a strong presence. The brain then naturally defends its strongly held beliefs, by throwing up any objection at all rather than having to consider the belief might be wrong.
I'm just trying to explain scientifically what is going on with people. I agree that on the surface it is insane that a grown adult can't see through the nonsense of religion. But it's not as simple as that, the virus is insidious and it pulls the person heavily into delusion. So much so that it can make them think that those not in their religion are the deluded ones.
I think that randomly debating theists is usually a waste of time, unless they are genuinely interested in listening and examining their beliefs. But debating on the internet is more worthwhile, because the broken nature of their position is clear for all the viewers to see.
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