(May 20, 2015 at 4:13 pm)Razzle Wrote: Agree/disagree? Under what circumstances, if any, might you prefer that someone maintain their theistic beliefs?
If your overall point is that some people better off believing then I'd agree. If believing helped a drug addict stop taking drugs then it might have saved his life and I think being alive is better off than being dead. I can think of a few examples, some people just have things that fuck them over in life and sometimes an effective cure is an imaginary friend in the sky to talk to.
It can work both ways. If someone is about to saw my head off with a knife because I've annoyed them, then they suddenly stop because they have been influenced by god to not cut my head off I'd like him to keep his theistic beliefs, if someone is about to saw my head off with a knife while shouting god is great then I'd rather they stop their theistic beliefs.
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