(October 10, 2011 at 4:36 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I think this helps explain why religion is so prevalent and why people think it's 'so obvious' that god exists.
But there are also negativities in religion itself such as the idea of eternal punishment in Hell.
Also, there are many evil things done in the name of religion, and yet there are so many people who believe in those things.
So, I think what needs to be first estimated are the 'positivities' of religion and the 'negativities' of religion and then try to determine which one has a greater weight or significance (for most people) to be able to test the validity of the argument that it is specifically because of the "rejection of negativities" by the human brain that religion is so prevalent. However, I don't even think it's possible to tell whether or not religion actually helps to reduce the negativity from our minds because religion can be a negative thing for one person and a positive thing for another.
