Sure. I just question that its religion itself which does this. It seems unlikely ppl need to believe things that aren't true to thrive. https://twitter.com/clayroutledge/status/888978527537836032 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Possible evolution has constructed our brains such that we actually do feel more comfortable believing some things which aren't true.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Of course we do. That's why we're so prone to doing it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
We need to psychologically manage our fear of death and powerlessness and the fact that there is no external moral code.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
It is certainly not a fact that there is no external moral code.
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Replying to @llewelyn_morgan @christianjbdev
A moral code that exists outside humanity but is objectively moral for humans? Spose there could be but we don't know of it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @llewelyn_morgan
This is one of those endless debates. I guess philosophers might say you can appeal to reason.
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Which still requires humanity. Reason could well tell us that we're better off going extinct due to suffering that life entails.
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