RE: A thing about religious (and other) people and the illusion of free will
October 17, 2023 at 12:47 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2023 at 12:48 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 17, 2023 at 12:03 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(October 17, 2023 at 11:57 am)Ahriman Wrote: If babies were not born with the innate ability to speak, write, or read, then they would never speak, write, or read, at any point in their lives.
Speaking and writing are also physical abilities. They also learn to crawl, climb, walk, and run if there are no disabilities to prevent them.
Being religious is not akin to being born with the eventual ability to walk and talk.
It very much is, though ahri wont be content with that viewpoint and has before and will again spew hilarious bullshit about it.
Religiosity might often center itself around magic, but it is not magic. It comes from our very physical brains. Like a camel, theyre horses designed by committee. We're not doing something, when we engage with our religiosity, that defies the same explanations as those that explain why we walk or talk. It is...literally...the same explanation.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
