(March 8, 2015 at 2:52 pm)Zenith Wrote:(March 7, 2015 at 11:36 am)robvalue Wrote: I'm sure many if the prayers to the bones got answered. It reminded me of this video:
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Btw robvalue,
the video does not help much (if, at all) a religious person. The reason for it is that religious people are not guided by reason, but by FEELINGS (i.e. I know it's the truth because I FELT it deep in my heart).
It's like trying to cure schizophrenia with logic. The ill man's gonna cry out "That guy is real! That guy is real! Why won't you believe me??"
A better way to help religious people would be to prove / clarify to them that what they feel (their religious emotions) means nothing. They are not the "holy spirit" nor any other "evidence" from God that they're right, or that they're are actually talking to anybody.
You're right. It's my opinion that almost all religiously held beliefs are based on an emotional reason, rather than any kind of logical reason. This becomes clear in their total inability to put forward a logical explanation for their belief.
So I guess when we're crushing people's dreams we need to be getting them to focus on exactly what these emotional reasons are, and get them to admit to them rather than to hide behind absurd notions like faith and crappy cosmological arguments. If they have any interest in truth, it's analyzing these emotions that will get them there.
How can we force people to do that while making it look like we're helping? Hmm...
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