RE: Evidence for Jesus outside the Bible?
August 10, 2011 at 5:03 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2011 at 5:12 am by Faith No More.)
I suggest you read 'The Believing Brain' by Michael Shermer. It deals directly with some of the things you are claiming. What you have to realize is the brain is extremely complex and flawed. It is capable of extreme delusions that can seem 100% real, but they are in fact just products of an imperfect brain. You are operating under the assumption that your senses can be completely trusted, but in reality you must question everything your brain seems to perceive.
Also, you are perceiving patterns in your life that are actually meaningless, such as the meanings behind certain songs, as if they have a bigger significance than they actually do. This is product of evolution, because it was better for survival to perceive patterns that weren't really there as opposed to missing something that really was there. Therefore our minds have been conditioned through evolution to see patterns that aren't really there as a survival mechanism.
Also, you are perceiving patterns in your life that are actually meaningless, such as the meanings behind certain songs, as if they have a bigger significance than they actually do. This is product of evolution, because it was better for survival to perceive patterns that weren't really there as opposed to missing something that really was there. Therefore our minds have been conditioned through evolution to see patterns that aren't really there as a survival mechanism.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
