Re:Most of the Mind Can’t Tell Fact from Fiction
by em-bee on Sunday September 15, 2019 @10:00PM
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religion largely claims to make your life better by teaching you how to interact with each other. it uses believe and fear of an unprovable entity to do that, sure.
but you can verify if it does make your and everyone elses life better or not.
those that claim to be messengers of god should be recognized by their fruits, that is, by the effect they have on society.
Re:Most of the Mind Can’t Tell Fact from Fiction
by nefitty on Sunday September 15, 2019 @06:07PM
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This is a great way to frame the counterargument. I'm wary of the comparison between religious faith and scientific belief because it seems to sometimes trigger a cascade of irrational beliefs if it goes the wrong way.
Science says you can use electricity to turn water into oxygen and hydrogen and then burn them to get water again. It further says what the flame will look like and how much heat it will produce etc etc. Now, if any of that seems unlikely it’s fairly cheap to verify, if something else bothers you then verify that.
Sure, verification of every idea is impossible, but pick a few at random and that should logically give you more confidence in the others.
On the other hand with matters of faith you can’t verify any of it. Which should then give you some pause.