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How in your opinion does this explain religion? The mechanism by which people get into religion is very very different from the stuff the original article is ta
by nanijoe 14y ago
How in your opinion does this explain religion? The mechanism by which people get into religion is very very different from the stuff the original article is talking about.
- damoncali 14y agoI think the parent means that religions are created with outlandish claims (resurrection, xenu, miracles, immaculate conception etc) in an effort to weed out critical thinkers (trouble makers).
- saraid216 14y agoFunny story. I became a believer (after growing up doubtful in church) when I came up with what I felt was a plausible theory for God. I stopped being one when I got bored of the intellectual starvation in church.
- damoncali 14y agoI've always believed that spirituality cannot survive in a church, but that's a discussion for another place entirely.
- podperson 14y agoMy favorite example is Mormonism. By having such a ridiculous story at its center (see the episode of Southpark for details in palatable form) you automatically select a perfect population.
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