(February 13, 2016 at 3:44 am)robvalue Wrote: It's also a coping mechanism, to pretend every bad thing has some sort of purpose rather than face the stark, indifferent nature of reality.
I think that this is why religion persists in the Western World. Take your observation about Christian fundamentalists, Biblical literalists. What does it mean for them to abandon such a "foundational" concept such as the inerrancy of the Bible? The conclusion is clear, if one part of the Bible has errors, why can't other parts? Embracing Biblical errancy means, for them, a slippery slope; as such, you can find stupid debates all over the US as to whether the "day" in the first chapter of Genesis is 24 hours or longer.
