I'm not trying to break the categorization of religion from the hocus pocus. Just using the behavior of the religious mind to...
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Replying to @ChessTriplet @HPluckrose
understand the behavior of steadfast secular belief. They aren't insanely different in how they manifest.
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No, they're not. I think it works a different way tho. Religion as one of many symptoms of the way we think. Pomo another.
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Im wary of broadening the description of religion to cover secular irrational belief for two reasons.
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1) I study religion as a specific social phenomenon. 2) Really want to keep supernatural claims distinct from other wierrdness
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Oh I wouldn't begin to conflate the 2 in regards to academic categorization.That would become a social/organizational nightmare!
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They are contentious enough without throwing them in the same collegiate cage.
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But I maintain that both religion and pomo tried to create a framework to understand uncertainties and improve human conduct...
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Absolutely. A response to psychological & social needs we all have. Everybody is Wrong abt God looks at religion like this.
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Thank you for the conversation. I'll add J. Lindsay to my reading list.
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Helen Pluckrose Retweeted WriteWithCourageShow
Coincidentally, this just came out. James is great on psychology of religion. Well worth following.https://twitter.com/WriteWthCourage/status/816658451426398208 …
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