(October 1, 2013 at 4:47 pm)ManMachine Wrote:(October 1, 2013 at 1:35 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: The reason people used to believe in god is because they had no understanding of the way the universe really worked and injected dieties to try and pretend they weren't ignorant.
With all due respect, you don't know that to be a fact. There is no way anyone could know that to be a fact.
It seems to me that you have developed a notion that 'fits' what you understand. It makes sense to you given the limits of your understanding, even though it is completely unsubstantiated.
Sound familiar?
MM
I've met people and this is what they do.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.