But what motivates it? You still havent defined it. My husband simply not raised with any religion & not interested.
But again with 'suppression ' here you seem to be suggesting ideas of God can't just die out. They have to be squashed. Why?
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because I think belief in God is the default, natural state. You have to be trained out of it.
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Why? What abt ppl who just haven't been raised with God beliefs? Still have tendency to magical thinking, obv.
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same story. It's not always the world pushing it out. Sometimes you're doing it yourself. People self-deceive a lot.
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This doesn't make any sense. Some ppl simply aren't taught to believe in gods & never look into the idea.
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don't assume. Follow the science. Looking into the idea is more minimal a process than that. It's not buying Dawkins books.
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Are you just referring to our evolved tendency to see patterns & agency where they don't exist then.Not established deities?
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no. That's much more primitive a cognitive phenomenon. But it's good that you know about the hadd
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I think we'll leave it here. You're not going to define what you mean or say anything concrete. Not getting anywhere.
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