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This is probably just because people who a believe a god exists have beforehand adopted beliefs that they were told are the god's. If one maintains, "I am a bel

This is probably just because people who a believe a god exists have beforehand adopted beliefs that they were told are the god's. If one maintains, "I am a believer of religion X," it's tantamount to, "my opinions are those of X-god." Easier than doing some sort of modeling of the mind of god and filling in the details with one's own mind, is to start with the premise, "as a (e.g.) Christian, my beliefs are God's beliefs" and just say what you believe.

marmaduke 11y ago
This is the benign interpretation, i.e. causality flows from God to me, but the opposite direction, or both, is I think equally likely interpretation.
- sunra 11y ago
  That's why the most ironic passage in the bible is the bit about how "God created man in his own image."
  - Asbostos 11y ago
    "... and man returned the favor."
Dylan16807 11y ago
>beforehand adopted beliefs that they were told are the god's That explanation is contradicted by the paragraph after. The rest of your post seems right.