@SamHarrisOrg You need to familiarize yourself with Dr. Robert Pape's work.
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@classliberal Does reading Pape's work, responding to it, and offering to debate him in public count, or not?:http://bit.ly/YGrjN5 -
@SamHarrisOrg Hmm interesting. Question, if Allah, paradise, 72 virgins, etc. don't objectively exist, then are they not metaphors for more -
@classliberal Wow. That's one I hadn't seen before. Reasoning error #6. -
@SamHarrisOrg policies. It's what communities do in response to the loss of autonomy. They manufacture transformative myth to cope. -
@classliberal@samharrisorg and they believe their myths. And beliefs influence behavior
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@SamHarrisOrg I have doubts about whether religion is the cause or the excuse for it. Difficult to establish. -
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@SamHarrisOrg Not really. I may very well be wrong, but I don't see a reasoning flaw. More likely I'm missing elements.
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@SamHarrisOrg some people are idiots, many of them are religious. Idiocy is the cause of this, religion just bolsters this idiocy. - End of conversation
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@SamHarrisOrg this behaviour is a consequence of a bad interpretation of any religion. -
@Ira_DasModell Reasoning error #4 -
@SamHarrisOrg people understand what they want. They only think in their own benefit. All the religion are clear examples - 1 more reply
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@SamHarrisOrg I lose hope for humanity when I see so many people who can't make the obvious connection between bad beliefs and bad actions. - 1 more reply
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@SamHarrisOrg Yes there is doubt. Religion is the justification but psychological health and well-being (lack thereof) is the sickness. -
@theroyaldelta Reasoning error #5 -
@SamHarrisOrg Is there a list somewhere with your reasoning errors? I'd appreciate the chance to learn from/explore this question. Thanks. -
@theroyaldelta@samharrisorg check it out on his blog. Very clearly laid out.http://bit.ly/YGrjN5 -
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@Natepocalypse. heard all these args before, and generally agree. Tho curious @ logic of my tweet. Kinda hard to debate on twitter -
@theroyaldelta yea, no problem, it's hard when there's only 140 characters
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