Two studies of Atheism and Theism.
April 3, 2013 at 10:34 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2013 at 10:37 pm by Mystic.)
You know, two studies may show the reason Atheists are Atheists and Theists are Theists on general, of course, there can always be significant amount of exceptions.
The two studies show (this was on youtube, I haven't seen the official studies):
1) Atheists analyze things more and rely less on intuition than Theists.
2) Atheists worry about being wrong more than Theists, hence perhaps lack confidence in being right.
Now most Theists are religious. If religion seems true to them and most religions are false....we can see that reliance on intuition and confidence in being right doesn't really guide people to the truth, even if say there is a correct religion out there.
On the other hand, if we have some properly basic intuitions that make us suppose to recognize God and we shouldn't worry to much about being right about these intuitions, but just live according to them...then this would explain why Atheists disbelieve in God as well from the viewpoint that they should have faith.
Perhaps a path in between, with analyzing a lot to know religion is false, but at the same time, sticking to intuition of soul and God...is a delicate balance act between the two (confidence in being right, reliance on intuition vs analyzing a lot, and worry you can be wrong) if you so kindly grant the possibility of Theists being right about God+ soul?
The two studies show (this was on youtube, I haven't seen the official studies):
1) Atheists analyze things more and rely less on intuition than Theists.
2) Atheists worry about being wrong more than Theists, hence perhaps lack confidence in being right.
Now most Theists are religious. If religion seems true to them and most religions are false....we can see that reliance on intuition and confidence in being right doesn't really guide people to the truth, even if say there is a correct religion out there.
On the other hand, if we have some properly basic intuitions that make us suppose to recognize God and we shouldn't worry to much about being right about these intuitions, but just live according to them...then this would explain why Atheists disbelieve in God as well from the viewpoint that they should have faith.
Perhaps a path in between, with analyzing a lot to know religion is false, but at the same time, sticking to intuition of soul and God...is a delicate balance act between the two (confidence in being right, reliance on intuition vs analyzing a lot, and worry you can be wrong) if you so kindly grant the possibility of Theists being right about God+ soul?
