Then is it a psychological *trait?* Valuing freedom & individualism & disliking authority?Ppl create gods who agree with them usually
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Liggi
Someone driven to seek freedom & individualism & reject authority cld believe an authoritarian god existed but be happy about it?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Well, God doesn't intervene actively for them. He gives you the rules and then scores you at the end.
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Replying to @Liggi
Yes, you will ultimately be rewarded or punished for whether you have thought the right things & followed the right rules.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Same sport. Or any situation with rules. But as long as you can pick which set of rules to follow, I don't see it as a conflict.
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Replying to @Liggi
I don't think they think that tho. They really think the god is real & he's the only one & he's setting rules which apply to all.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Liggi
But I suspect you are right & they do use this thinking. It just doesn't work if they are actually right.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @Liggi
If they actually got to heaven with same psychology as now & saw ppl being tortured for thoughtcrime, they'd see the problem.
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There's huge dissonance, for sure. Also I think they choose subconsciously, and are emotionally drawn.
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Replying to @Liggi @HPluckrose
So they think "hey, lucky that the religion I want to follow is the true one!".
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Someone just sent me this. Was thinking in terms of Haidt's moral foundations.https://twitter.com/oreil_m/status/804313753999306752 …
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