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Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion?
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Indoctrination or wanting something to be true. Wishful thinking, belief in belief itself as a good thing... and also the fact that emotional thinking can lead to many false beliefs and you can be intelligent and still succumb to Emotional thinking....
...furthermore highly intelligent people can also succumb to fallacies and cognitive biases.  RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion?
October 20, 2015 at 10:17 pm
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2015 at 10:18 pm by Excited Penguin.)
Chad, I wouldn't say it's the only one, if you prefer to be exact about these things, but it's certainly the most rational one by far, given the lack of coherence, let alone that of evidence, on the part of (mono)theistic ideas.
Because, common sense isn't very common.
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(October 20, 2015 at 9:19 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Y'all have your own cons like thinking that atheism is the only rational position. Believing despite the lack of evidence and in the face of contrary evidence isn't exactly rational.
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 (October 20, 2015 at 9:19 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Y'all have your own cons like thinking that atheism is the only rational position. When compared to religion, atheism is the most rational. No question.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter RE: Why Do Otherwise Intelligent People Succomb to Religion?
October 20, 2015 at 10:30 pm
(This post was last modified: October 20, 2015 at 10:31 pm by Excited Penguin.)
Actually, let me rephrase that, Chad, because I can almost see what you're driving at here. And what I have to say to that is you can still have wonderful subjective experiences without presupposing the truthiness of certain irrational qualities of the natural world.
truthiness?
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
Yes, look it up.
Wow, it sounded so grammatically incorrect, though. xD
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter (October 20, 2015 at 10:30 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: Actually, let me rephrase that, Chad, because I can almost see what you're driving at here. And what I have to say to that is you can still have wonderful subjective experiences without presupposing the truthiness of certain irrational qualities of the natural world. Indeed you can. Coincidentally I am listening to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCbtskHUODg |
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