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Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.)
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RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.)
(May 10, 2015 at 4:40 pm)whateverist Wrote: There is enough about and within us which is stranger than the conscious mind can adequately explain.  I suspect projecting god out onto the world serves to allow the conscious mind to focus on that which is below consciousness.  The thing is, it is only below in the sense of not being accessible to consciousness .. not in rank.  Some pretty good insight can come from there, insight which you might never find by holding up one factoid at a time for conscious consideration.  Diffusely focussed, the consciousness below can sometimes recognize opportunities and dangers we might otherwise miss.

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RE: Are all forms of religious faith indicative of insanity? (My counter example.) - by Angrboda - May 10, 2015 at 4:54 pm

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