RE: The real religion?
August 12, 2016 at 9:31 pm
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2016 at 9:32 pm by bennyboy.)
(August 12, 2016 at 5:36 pm)SteveII Wrote:(August 12, 2016 at 5:31 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: But the statement 'we are wired to believe in god' is in itself an assertion that needs to be proven. And pointing to a line or two in an old book proof does not make.
Someone else brought up the "god hole" or something similar earlier. It seems to be a generally acknowledged idea. Here is just a search for "predisposed to believe in god"
Your assertion is false.
We are wired to be predisposed toward superstition, because a superstitious reaction to a mysterious environment has a better survival value than a non-reaction. In other words, a bird who always flies when it senses anything unusual will survive better than a bird which only flies when it KNOWS something presents a danger.
Now, it's true that people often attribute their superstitious feelings to an anthropomorphic entity, aka God. That's because we ARE people, and our biggest threats/help are in the form of other people.
As in almost every post you've made so far, you are confusing EXPERIENCE with ATTRIBUTION. Your senses are working just fine. Your attributions of this or that experience to your Biblical God are a completely illogical non sequitur.