(October 23, 2016 at 11:24 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(October 23, 2016 at 10:00 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Yes, by societies acceptance/laws/rules/morays (not the eels) there are sane believers. Believers that are not considered insane. From my perspective it all come down to their ability to rationalize/justify/handle cognitive dissonance.
FYI: "mores", not "morays"
And you're being generous. If a person who was NOT religious had an imaginary friend would you be so kind?
Although, placing some of the more vocal, persistently annoying believers into a tank of morays might be an interesting way to test the power of prayer.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson