RE: Religious belief/disbelief pill
March 15, 2015 at 6:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2015 at 6:27 pm by watchamadoodle.)
(March 15, 2015 at 5:07 pm)Nope Wrote: I think that people remain in religions because the particular faith meets some need they have. A pill might remove their faith but wouldn't solve whatever issues led to them to turn to religion for answers.Imagine if believing in ceiling cat could make you happier and more productive.
Would you take the ceiling cat pill - knowing that you would be extremely happy and productive afterwards?
In other words, you said that religious belief addresses issues that people have, so why not take a pill to cause religious belief if it helps these issues? Of course the religion would need to be carefully engineered to maximize the benefits and minimize the harms.
