If this is the case: why do a large majority of religious people put a heavy weight on actually believing the beliefs, rather than just acting them out? Few Christians or Muslims (but not all) would think much of someone who attends church but actually believes none of it.https://twitter.com/MimeticValue/status/1045197777783992321 …
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Believing != going to church. But going to church probably good thing. Church is just were two or three are gathered together in Christs name essentially.
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I think you're misunderstanding. If religion isn't actually about the metaphysical claims (the beliefs), it's about the rituals, as Mimetic claimed above... then why do religious people mostly think it's very important to actually believe, rather than just act it out?
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Oh okay yeah I think what he is saying is that metaphysical beliefs are basically rationalizations of behaviors, that behaviors came first. This doesn’t mean people don’t believe or that belief isn’t important, I think it’s sortof a feedback loop based off of imitation of model.
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That's a great explanation, thanks.
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