This is a milder version of the "what distinguishes your god from other supernatural entities?" question I keep asking, and am repeatedly brushed off for.
If you are encultured by your geographic location to believe specific supernatural entities are real, and then move to an area where the beliefs aren't shared, everyone will look at you cross-eyed when you talk about your supernatural entities. For them, it's "common sense" that theirs exist, and they've never heard of yours, so they sound ridiculous.
Several hundred years ago, this effect would have been much more pronounced, but it still applies.
If the people not produced by your culture hold different supernatural entities as existent, but have never heard of yours, what is the distinguishing characteristic that makes your beliefs true, and their beliefs false?
It seems pretty telling that the "rational true believers" don't have an answer.
If you are encultured by your geographic location to believe specific supernatural entities are real, and then move to an area where the beliefs aren't shared, everyone will look at you cross-eyed when you talk about your supernatural entities. For them, it's "common sense" that theirs exist, and they've never heard of yours, so they sound ridiculous.
Several hundred years ago, this effect would have been much more pronounced, but it still applies.
If the people not produced by your culture hold different supernatural entities as existent, but have never heard of yours, what is the distinguishing characteristic that makes your beliefs true, and their beliefs false?
It seems pretty telling that the "rational true believers" don't have an answer.
