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Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?

Poll: How do you account for psychopaths?
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I don’t believe God is responsible for our morality
50.00%
 4 50.00%
I don’t accept that psychopaths really exist
0%
 0 0%
Psychopaths are choosing to ignore their innate sense of right and wrong
0%
 0 0%
God mistakenly misses out psychopaths when granting morality
0%
 0 0%
It’s the psychopath’s fault they have no empathy
25.00%
 2 25.00%
It’s because of “the fall”
0%
 0 0%
Other
25.00%
 2 25.00%
Total 8 vote(s) 100%
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RE: Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?
May 26, 2018 at 1:22 pm (This post was last modified: May 26, 2018 at 1:24 pm by robvalue.)
I was telling my long suffering wife about how theists can astound me with their ability to compartmentalise. They can hold several beliefs concurrently which, if allowed to come into contact with each other, make no sense and cause instant contradictions. But I guess the pragmatic benefits of holding the beliefs in isolation has caused the brain to have this seemingly magical power. It keeps them apart and displaces anything which might threaten them.

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RE: Theists: how do you account for psychopaths? - by robvalue - May 26, 2018 at 1:22 pm

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