@bellerose – there’s nothing for it, but you’re always going to have to be confused.  That comes with the territory of taking a stand one way or the other on this question.  Nobody can actually ever know the answer.

It’s very true that the world behaves as if there is a God in it: at least, a version of the monotheistic one.  So, I think the fr…[Read more]

@simonpayton I know that but it’s not a “for sure” conclusion but it’s one of many things that confuse me about whether I am an atheist or not.

I just don’t think your conclusion follows from the premises.

“if magical and supernatural beliefs are hard wired into our brains there is a reason for that” => “God does in fact exist”

I don’t think it necessarily follows, as night follows day, because there may be many reasons why those capacities are hard-wired into our brains.  One of those…[Read more]

That (to me) is objective evidence. Isn’t it?

My point is that if it is hard wired into our brains there is a reason for that. Logic would follow that God does in fact exist….

@simonpayton

ok no problem….from the very first link I provided (ignore the intelligent design one…my bad.)…

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The findings of Bruce Hood, professor of developmental psychology at Bristol University, suggest that magical and supernatural beliefs are hardwired into our brains from birth, and that religions are therefore tapping into a…[Read more]

@bellerose – could you please specify which arguments in those articles you would like to draw on?  It’s a bit much for us to drag through.

“Evolution News” is an Intelligent Design website.  I still think they’re not sure what they’re asking, or saying:

• we have evolved to believe in a Christian/Moslem/Jewish type God
• we have evolved s…

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