(February 7, 2016 at 1:55 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(February 4, 2016 at 10:10 pm)athrock Wrote: Turns out it's pretty hard to believe in nothing when your psyche is wired for faith.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/postevery...age%2Fcard
After reading the article, my questions are:
Why on God's green earth is the human brain wired for faith when our development is the result of purely evolutionary processes with no supreme being involved at all?
Is it possible that God gave us brains that are pre-wired for receptivity to His existence to make it easier for us to believe in Him?
I think this could be a valid point. It seems like there is some sort of "instinct" in humans to worship something. There are exceptions though, of course.
The instinct is purely of a social nature, gods need not apply. It was usesful in the early days for getting people to collaborate on building huts, dig wells and latrines, and rally troops against a threatening predator. Like everything else, the Elmer Gantrys Peters, Moses, and other useless assholes learned how to take advantage of this, using it to enslave them and future generations mentally and economically.
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