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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostSo Dawkins atheism is a product of his environment, and should therefore not be taken seriously?
In fact, his work on evolutionary biology and genetics is also a product of his environment.
What is your point? I don't get it.
Dawkins is just a man, not a belief system, so can be taken anyway you wish. I regard him as a bit of a nutter.Comment
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Originally posted by ThomasSoerensen View Posta BigMac hamburger fullfills a need, that does not make it good for me.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostNo, a BigMac fulfills a perverted desire. That's why I asked for clarification on what was meant by "needs".
There is plenty of evidence that belief in religion is inversely correlated with education and therefore presumably wealth and ability to control your life.
Who wouldn't want a benevolent God looking after them? I know I would, but I also know I have no evidence for that at all and prefer not to fool myself.Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostNo, a BigMac fulfills a perverted desire. That's why I asked for clarification on what was meant by "needs".
A child has a need to believe many things told to him from authorities without questioning it. It is often critical for the childs survival. (Think along the lines of telling the kid to not cross the road without the parent being there holding the childs hand)
Rreligion exploits this hack in the brain to make people believe things they are told as children without questioning it.
Is that a real need for religion by the child. I don't think so."Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."Comment
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Originally posted by ThomasSoerensen View Postone mans perverted desire is another mans need. (Think of Max Mosley )
A child has a need to believe many things told to him from authorities without questioning it. It is often critical for the childs survival. (Think along the lines of telling the kid to not cross the road without the parent being there holding the childs hand)
Rreligion exploits this hack in the brain to make people believe things they are told as children without questioning it.
Is that a real need for religion by the child. I don't think so.
Further to that point - a lot of the Old Testament is actually sensible rules for a group of people (the Jews) to behave when under severe stress and dislocation. Some of those rules are relevant for our times, some are not.Hard Brexit now!
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where did the believers go?
off to pray i guess."Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostPeople have killed in the name of football, or even atheism. It doesn't make football a bad thing, nor atheism. These arguments are really rather peurile.
And research has shown that the people who persue activities which benefit society around them are more likely to be religious than not.
The old "research has shown" line is boll0x too. How could you possibly quantify something like that?"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostI would say that when people have little or no control of their lives for whatever reason, they look to supernatural forces for comfort. That is the historical basis of religion.
There is plenty of evidence that belief in religion is inversely correlated with education and therefore presumably wealth and ability to control your life.
Who wouldn't want a benevolent God looking after them? I know I would, but I also know I have no evidence for that at all and prefer not to fool myself.
It's the reason why religions are so effective at controlling populations and making them perform unspeakable atrocities ranging from terrorism through holy wars to genocide.Comment
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostNicely put.
It's the reason why religions are so effective at controlling populations and making them perform unspeakable atrocities ranging from terrorism through holy wars to genocide.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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