(July 13, 2017 at 3:28 pm)Lek Wrote: I think we developed an instinct for seeking God because the environment in which we evolved reflected God.What we actually developed is confirmation bias, agency inference and the like. We developed those because they were survival advantages during humanity's early development. Gods are just a side effect of that.
These things are no longer survival advantages in most contexts anymore. In some contexts they are positively survival disadvantages. That's why we're still seeing ghosts, gods, demons etc and it still seems intuitive that there's a First Cause.
What you're calling an "instinct" is in fact a mental glitch that it's important to push back against ... at least, if you value having a healthy relationship with reality.
