Are there any scientific books or studies that explain what makes a person religious?
February 9, 2017 at 12:43 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2017 at 12:44 am by Kernel Sohcahtoa.)
(February 8, 2017 at 6:13 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: I have been longing to know what it is that makes people religious, which is probably related to what makes people believe in fake news, or hold on to their beliefs in spite of new evidence being presented to them. Not to say there's evidence that refutes religious claims, because there was never any evidence for those claims in the first place.
But as a person who loves arguing, I've always wanted to know what it is that makes a person religious. They've always infuriated me to the very core of my being since I was in my early teens, and I do not understand what it is about them that makes them so stubborn and stupid. I realize that I shouldn't hate them, that it would be like hating a mentally retarded person, but if a mentally retarded person had the ability to try to challenge you using mature vocabulary and impose their laws on society, maybe it would be just as annoying.
Thank you for your inquiry, sir. IMO, J Anderson Thomson's Why we believe in gods: A concise guide to the science of faith may be of interest to you. Live long and prosper.
