Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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4. Believing in believing

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 02:04 AM

Apr 2015

Don' forget, many religious people don't really believe in the stuff of the religion, they believe it's good to believe. The church and religion are a necessary social thing to many. It's a weird "it's always been there; getting rid of it would destroy everything" kind of mentality. Tradition.

I think Daniel Dennett calls it "believing in believing".

So even if intellectually the whole thing unravels, socially and traditionally it stays tangled together.

I don't think Teddy boy come across as genuine to anyone but the loopy.... and the good ol' boys who pretend he's great so they can keep in power. But the good ol' boys have been miscalculating lately..... I mean, Palin?

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"believing in believing" trotsky Apr 2015 #7

Precisely. trotsky Apr 2015 #6

No doubt. LiberalAndProud Apr 2015 #10

'God's mysterious ways' AlbertCat Apr 2015 #12

Amazing how simple the answers get... trotsky Apr 2015 #13

Not really Warpy Apr 2015 #11

Interesting thought, because it tends to reinforce what I've maintained for a while skepticscott Apr 2015 #5

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Possibly, possibly not, but it's sure as hell going to amplify the voices of non-believers. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #9

I am reminded of Heinlein nil desperandum Apr 2015 #14

He might bring people to question things. Gore1FL Apr 2015 #15