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RE: Reasons for belief
June 22, 2014 at 5:20 pm (This post was last modified: June 22, 2014 at 5:21 pm by Confused Ape.)
I've been interested in comparative religion and mythology since I was a child. It didn't take long before I realised that all these beliefs were just beliefs. I then discovered Jungian psychology which works for me and I'm very interested in neuroscience. There's now a lot of evidence that God and any other deity you care to name exist as subjective experiences which are produced by the brain and interpreted as a deity.

If I believed my own subjective experiences were of real deities I'd be worshipping Apollo and The Goddess. Just as well I don't believe in them because if Jesus ever turned up I'd have to worship him as well. Big Grin
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Reasons for belief - by Arthur123 - June 22, 2014 at 12:54 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Nine - June 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Silver - June 22, 2014 at 1:01 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Chad32 - June 22, 2014 at 1:02 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 22, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Napoléon - June 22, 2014 at 1:07 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Nine - June 22, 2014 at 1:09 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Chad32 - June 22, 2014 at 1:11 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by ShaMan - June 22, 2014 at 1:10 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Arthur123 - June 22, 2014 at 1:14 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Silver - June 22, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Broseph Ballin - June 22, 2014 at 1:29 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Jacob(smooth) - June 22, 2014 at 1:26 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Chad32 - June 22, 2014 at 1:40 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 22, 2014 at 1:41 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by downbeatplumb - June 22, 2014 at 2:15 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Ravenshire - June 22, 2014 at 5:56 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Broseph Ballin - June 22, 2014 at 1:14 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Napoléon - June 22, 2014 at 1:16 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Nine - June 22, 2014 at 1:18 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Arthur123 - June 22, 2014 at 1:19 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Nine - June 22, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Ravenshire - June 22, 2014 at 6:04 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Chad32 - June 22, 2014 at 6:25 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by vorlon13 - June 22, 2014 at 1:47 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Angrboda - June 22, 2014 at 1:50 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Jacob(smooth) - June 22, 2014 at 1:51 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Arthur123 - June 22, 2014 at 1:55 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Esquilax - June 22, 2014 at 3:06 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by fr0d0 - June 22, 2014 at 5:21 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Cinjin - June 22, 2014 at 1:57 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Arthur123 - June 22, 2014 at 2:02 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Cinjin - June 22, 2014 at 6:00 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by downbeatplumb - June 22, 2014 at 2:02 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Bad Wolf - June 22, 2014 at 2:05 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Anomalocaris - June 22, 2014 at 2:07 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Jacob(smooth) - June 22, 2014 at 2:29 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by The Valkyrie - June 22, 2014 at 6:17 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Logisch - June 22, 2014 at 6:22 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Arthur123 - June 22, 2014 at 2:10 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Bad Wolf - June 22, 2014 at 2:12 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Arthur123 - June 22, 2014 at 2:18 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by downbeatplumb - June 22, 2014 at 2:22 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Angrboda - June 22, 2014 at 2:38 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Jackalope - June 22, 2014 at 2:45 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by ShaMan - June 22, 2014 at 2:54 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by The Valkyrie - June 22, 2014 at 4:07 pm
Re: RE: Reasons for belief - by KUSA - June 22, 2014 at 4:16 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Jenny A - June 22, 2014 at 4:25 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Logisch - June 22, 2014 at 5:20 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by Confused Ape - June 22, 2014 at 5:20 pm
RE: Reasons for belief - by ignoramus - June 22, 2014 at 5:46 pm

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