RE: Think about this -
May 3, 2021 at 7:28 am
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2021 at 7:30 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 2, 2021 at 2:55 pm)edial Wrote: But there are billions upon billions of people who believe or believed in God, yet there is no one that I know of who says that his dog speaks to him.
Would you like to restate your analogy?
Thanks,
Ed
Was his name Peter? Did he take you to the door of a building where a voice miraculously emanated from a dog telling you to worship christ?
(May 2, 2021 at 11:01 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: We may be biologically programmed to believe in a god. The belief in god was beneficial to society at one time at least.
Probably more that we're inclined to see and project intent out into the world - necessary for predicting the actions of a creature like us, not so helpful when it comes to a tidal wave. Never stops us from trying to appease the sea god the same way we would appease a human threat, ofc.
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