RE: Evidence Against God
April 17, 2012 at 1:37 pm
(This post was last modified: April 17, 2012 at 1:40 pm by Abishalom.)
(April 17, 2012 at 1:35 pm)Ace Otana Wrote:Look at you rationalizing. Can you prove your statement (that what adults do is the same as babies predisposition)?(April 17, 2012 at 1:30 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: This does not support what you said at all.
Quote:Studies by Emily Reed Burdett and Justin Barrett, from the University of Oxford, suggest that children below the age of five find it easier to believe in some superhuman properties than to understand similar human limitations.
And the second one is an article about someone making a claim. There is no substantiation for that claim presented in the article.
What the science actually shows is how the brain works and how it is predisposed to believe in the supernatural as a coping mechanism for things it doesn't comprehend.
No god required.
It stems from human imagination. We do it naturally even as adults. Our brain tries to fill in the gaps. Of course as an adult you learn to reason and think things through (though not all of us mature to that level sadly).
Quote:The researchers point out that the project was not setting out to prove the existence of god or otherwise, but sought to find out whether concepts such as gods and an afterlife appear to be entirely taught or basic expressions of human nature.
I posted the articles to show that atheism is NOT the default position as Jaysyn claimed not to prove the existence of God to you.