Here’s a question for all you mind-readers out there.

Boru

(August 31, 2021 at 4:57 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Here’s a question for all you mind-readers out there.

Boru

*sends answer via telepathy*

(August 31, 2021 at 6:05 am)Foxaire Wrote:

(August 31, 2021 at 4:57 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Here’s a question for all you mind-readers out there.

Boru

*sends answer via telepathy*

Not nearly enough noodles.

Boru

(August 31, 2021 at 6:39 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(August 31, 2021 at 6:05 am)Foxaire Wrote: *sends answer via telepathy*

Not nearly enough noodles.

Boru

There never are.

Since believing in God makes people happy, why don't we just lobotomize those parts of the brain that have nothing to do with religion/spirituality, and then augment the remaining parts of the brain, to be more receptive to the idea of God? And then fill people's lives with religious fellowship, good food, and fancy wine? The people would be very glad, and I am certain they would never want to return to their previous state.

Or - seeing nobody ever heard a corpse complain - we have to assume death is nice - so let' s start slitting throats.


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(September 3, 2021 at 5:03 am)Ahriman Wrote: Since believing in God makes people happy, why don't we just lobotomize those parts of the brain that have nothing to do with religion/spirituality, and then augment the remaining parts of the brain, to be more receptive to the idea of God? And then fill people's lives with religious fellowship, good food, and fancy wine? The people would be very glad, and I am certain they would never want to return to their previous state.

So, torture and oppression aren’t enough to make people religious and you propose resorting to surgery? Can’t say I’m surprised.

Boru

The world of the living should be made as happy as possible, for everyone. This is especially true if this worldly life is all we'll ever have.

(September 3, 2021 at 6:13 am)Ahriman Wrote: The world of the living should be made as happy as possible, for everyone. This is especially true if this worldly life is all we'll ever have.

But it’s not certain that religion does make people happy. I’ve been free of the strictures of religion for nearly my whole life, and I’m deliriously happy.

Boru

Well, I think religion/spirituality is the most reliable way of making people happy, not that it's the only way. But most people in the world, will say "yes", when asked if they believe in God, which means most people have made a conscious, or unconscious, choice to believe in God, and I think this is because people naturally want to be happy.