There can be lots of value in feelings and stories. That's why I devoted my academic career to studying the Christian narrative and the meaning it had for women historically. It's just different to truth established by evidence & reason & the problem arises when this is denied.
Joe Rogan gave a good example. Believing that porcupines can throw their spines could prevent people from getting close to porcupines and reduce risk of accidentally touching it and injuring self. There is a benefit to believing that. It doesn't become true.
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If ancient people believed that God said that seafood was unclean, they avoided food poisoning in times when this was not understood. That belief was beneficial. There is still no reason to think God exists or said that.
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Yeah I remember that conversation and it does make a lot of sense. Especially with po-mo's truth of infinite interpretations these types of pragmatic narrative wisdom are open for exploitation and just bad interpretations.
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They're just really unnecessary when you can say 'It helps to believe this but it isn't true.' In his post-truth book, d'Acona looks at 'deep stories' like the narrative behind MAGA. It feels true and is held as more true than the actual truth.
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