But the statement 'we are wired to believe in god' is in itself an assertion that needs to be proven. And pointing to a line or two in an old book proof does not make.

(August 12, 2016 at 5:31 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: But the statement 'we are wired to believe in god' is in itself an assertion that needs to be proven.  And pointing to a line or two in an old book proof does not make.

Someone else brought up the "god hole" or something similar earlier. It seems to be a generally acknowledged idea. Here is just a search for "predisposed to believe in god"

(August 12, 2016 at 5:36 pm)SteveII Wrote:

(August 12, 2016 at 5:31 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: But the statement 'we are wired to believe in god' is in itself an assertion that needs to be proven.  And pointing to a line or two in an old book proof does not make.

Someone else brought up the "god hole" or something similar earlier. It seems to be a generally acknowledged idea. Here is just a search for "predisposed to believe in god"

According to your personal rules, links are invalid here. Try again.

(August 12, 2016 at 5:31 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: But the statement 'we are wired to believe in god' is in itself an assertion that needs to be proven.  And pointing to a line or two in an old book proof does not make.

Correct, which god are we all wired to believe in? swap wired for conditioned and you are closer to the truth.

I'm wired to believe in the FSM. [emoji1]

Wired for sciencismisticology.

(August 12, 2016 at 5:36 pm)SteveII Wrote:

(August 12, 2016 at 5:31 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: But the statement 'we are wired to believe in god' is in itself an assertion that needs to be proven.  And pointing to a line or two in an old book proof does not make.

Someone else brought up the "god hole" or something similar earlier. It seems to be a generally acknowledged idea. Here is just a search for "predisposed to believe in god"

Your assertion is false.

We are wired to be predisposed toward superstition, because a superstitious reaction to a mysterious environment has a better survival value than a non-reaction.  In other words, a bird who always flies when it senses anything unusual will survive better than a bird which only flies when it KNOWS something presents a danger.

Now, it's true that people often attribute their superstitious feelings to an anthropomorphic entity, aka God.  That's because we ARE people, and our biggest threats/help are in the form of other people.

As in almost every post you've made so far, you are confusing EXPERIENCE with ATTRIBUTION. Your senses are working just fine. Your attributions of this or that experience to your Biblical God are a completely illogical non sequitur.

(August 12, 2016 at 9:31 pm)bennyboy Wrote:

(August 12, 2016 at 5:36 pm)SteveII Wrote: Someone else brought up the "god hole" or something similar earlier. It seems to be a generally acknowledged idea. Here is just a search for "predisposed to believe in god"

Your assertion is false.

We are wired to be predisposed toward superstition, because a superstitious reaction to a mysterious environment has a better survival value than a non-reaction.  In other words, a bird who always flies when it senses anything unusual will survive better than a bird which only flies when it KNOWS something presents a danger.

Now, it's true that people often attribute their superstitious feelings to an anthropomorphic entity, aka God.  That's because we ARE people, and our biggest threats/help are in the form of other people.

As in almost every post you've made so far, you are confusing EXPERIENCE with ATTRIBUTION.  Your senses are working just fine.  Your attributions of this or that experience to your Biblical God are a completely illogical non sequitur.

I didn't assert anything and your assertion is just a theory. In what possible way could you prove any of that? Even if there is no God, there may very well be another reason why we are predisposed to the supernatural.

Guys, guys...Scientology is the real religion.

Understand?

All hail Xenu.

By the way, what are people supposed to get out of Scientology? What's the carrot? Do they have afterlives and stuff?