because I think belief in God is the default, natural state. You have to be trained out of it.
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Replying to @ZeroIssueVoter
Why? What abt ppl who just haven't been raised with God beliefs? Still have tendency to magical thinking, obv.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @ZeroIssueVoter
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @ZeroIssueVoter
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
no. That's much more primitive a cognitive phenomenon. But it's good that you know about the hadd
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Replying to @ZeroIssueVoter
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
what Lindsay and his ilk get wrong is their naive presumption that atheism is true. And it's hidden, tucked into his claims.
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Replying to @ZeroIssueVoter
Its the null hypothesis. Can't treat the god claim as a serious proposition until there is some evidence for it.
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But u can still engage with books with all kinds of premise. Not every book abt religion has to rehash 'does god exist' arg
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