(January 3, 2021 at 7:30 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: So if we're wired to behave religiously, is it better to do so within a religious institution than outside of one?
We aren't. We're have predispositions toward superstition and tribalism that mix with various social institutions to produce religion. We're also predisposed to rape, murder, and theft. Just because your inner chimp has some instincts doesn't mean that you should follow them.
It's unsurprising that some people behave religiously towards politics given the already large similarities. You could make comparisons to sports fans, gambling, and a whole host of other behaviours. Given how the devout voted in the last few elections I'm not thinking that what we need is more religion. I mean, I'm going to have fun for the next few decades asking moral absolutists how they voted but it really wasn't worth it.
