I agree.
I think most people have a psychological predisposition to certain things, like ascribing agency to events, believing their mind is separate to their body, being scared of death, thinking of morality as being something objective and external or absolute, desiring meaning and purpose, finding patterns, a strong desire to see justice enacted, a desire for altered states of consciousness, magical thinking, assuming freewill, and so on.
That sort of stuff tends to lead people into religion, I think.
It's hard to think of a way to gain the psychological benefits of religion without its drawbacks and falsehoods.
I think most people have a psychological predisposition to certain things, like ascribing agency to events, believing their mind is separate to their body, being scared of death, thinking of morality as being something objective and external or absolute, desiring meaning and purpose, finding patterns, a strong desire to see justice enacted, a desire for altered states of consciousness, magical thinking, assuming freewill, and so on.
That sort of stuff tends to lead people into religion, I think.
It's hard to think of a way to gain the psychological benefits of religion without its drawbacks and falsehoods.
