(July 16, 2017 at 7:16 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(July 16, 2017 at 2:47 pm)Astonished Wrote: Having the advantage of understanding evolution and physiology enables us to exercise a greater degree of control over our baser natures.^
We'd certainly hope so, right?
People value their superstitions, because they fill them with a sense of wonder and mystery in what might otherwise be a world lacking those things. I think that's WHY, for example, Republitards are so against the idea of evolution, and science in general: they do not WANT to understand, because they will have to give up the psychological advantages of ignorance.
I think there are pockets of culture, even a few nations, where sense seems to outweigh superstition. As a Canadian, I'd say Canada isn't too bad in that regard. But if you look through world history, and at the world today, it seems sense will never have its day to rule.
Well not if history is full of opposing views being violently repressed, and if today the majority of power is in the hands of those promoting faith. Sense and reason never had a chance, but under favorable circumstances, I would take the bet that it would probably be close to half.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.