Re:The Science of the Benefits of Religion
by slibhb on Sunday September 26, 2021 @09:19AM
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I think this is a core question.
I don't believe that religion works if it is sold as a series of fables containing practical advice encouraging pro-social behavior (even if that's how it functions). Religion works as myths that are true and make your hair stand up when you read them.
Re:The Science of the Benefits of Religion
by exporectomy on Sunday September 26, 2021 @12:56AM
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Most Christians have already shed a lot of now-disproven beliefs. Angels aren't literally flying in the sky over our heads. Literal stories get re-interpreted as metaphors or the definitions of words changed. Contradictions get solved by picking whichever one agrees with the culture at the time. And there are a lot of contradictions, so if logic was enough to un-believe a Christian, they would all have become atheists already.
If it this turns out to be the case, we can’t just pretend otherwise.
Can we make a better religion that doesn’t depend on false myths?