(March 1, 2014 at 5:49 pm)JesusLover1 Wrote: How can someone decieve themselves into believing God speaks to them? It seems far-fetched for a sane person to believe this is true unless there's something more to it.
Because regardless if someone is sane or not, they are still working with an imperfect brain. We're pattern seeking primates that tend to assign importance and agency to insignificant things.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
