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Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
I read it and the big take aways I got out of it is that the fundamentalists studied were statistically less intelligent. The P score was like .003 so only 0.3% chance that they were the same! Then the big one was in terms on inflexibility and openness to new ideas. Fundamentalists were very much less flexible in their thinking wrt religion, politics, and a host of other things. Apparently it's a skill that has to be suspended in order to hang onto fundamentalism. If you've listened to any of the speeches of Alan Watts; a former episcopal minister, it was his view (as I understand it) that clinging to God as in the song Rock of Ages is really showing a lack of faith. What these lesions seem to do is create deep fear that needs a cure so they self medicate with fundamentalism.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Tastyfrzz I cant argue your view isnt accurate for some.. Statistically. But like everything else, there is a specturm. There are intelligent rational Believers out there who are sure there is a creator. And maybe there are right. My real sticking point is whether he/she grants afterlives. I dont see it.😷
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
@whowasthatmaskedman I have no idea what happens but I don't think one needs to be a Fundy to live.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Tastyfrzz We are all different. (Thank goodness) I only draw my line when someone else insists theirs in the one right way and I need to conform. 😷
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
OK.. Its long been known that is some cases, religious belief can be brought on by a brain injury or tumour. But thats doesnt mean all belief is caused by that. At the heart of religious belief is the psychological need to believe that there is a greater power than us. This is thought to be a residual from our relience on our parents as having control, providing and protecting us.
So one could postulate the faith is just a failure to grow up..😷
So one could postulate the faith is just a failure to grow up..😷
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@LordShadowfire I disagree.. Its only a matter of degree. The big difference is between faith and atheism. Degrees of faith define how much god is supposed to do for us. And how much he/she wants in return. I wont disparage anyones beliefs in this case. But can it really impress a god that we sing at him?😷
Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M
@whowasthatmaskedman that great psychological need... What causes that?
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Tastyfrzz Basically childhood. In an ideal world we are loved, protected and our needs magically carered for. So the presence of a provider and protector is a comfort. And often we learn at our parents knee the attitudes to god and worship. The stronger those attitudes, the deeper they tend to define who we will become. A faith that visibly sets one apart, like orthodox Jew or Amish all defines the community we interact with . Unless an event arrives to shift us from that path, we tend not to leave.😷
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
Holy shit!
BetweenKittensandRiots · 36-40, MVIP
@LordShadowfire it makes too much sense. Brain damaged christians!
BetweenKittensandRiots · 36-40, MVIP
@LordShadowfire [media=https://youtu.be/1ZjVaE1rE1w]
oh btw this study was liberated for you by me using Sci-Hub. Hail Queen Alexandra Elbakyan.
oh btw this study was liberated for you by me using Sci-Hub. Hail Queen Alexandra Elbakyan.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@BetweenKittensandRiots Nice!