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The Not-so-elephant In The Room

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RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room

December 11, 2015 at 9:59 am

Evolution. Humans evolved with flawed perceptions. No different than seeing a butterfly in an ink blot.

Dawkins in "The God Delusion" describes this flaw in perceptions as " the moth mistaking the light bulb for moonlight".

In the case of humans we simply project our qualities and desires on non human things. The word for that is "anthropomorphism".

Poetry by Brian37(poems by an atheist) Also on Facebook as BrianJames Rational Poet and Twitter Brianrrs37 I also have a new blog here at https://www.brianjamesrationalpoet.blog

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