John Thornton
Chris Doss wrote:
> I think you're misunderstanding me -- I don't disagree
> with anything you write below.
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> --- John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>> Chris Doss wrote:
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>>> That religion broadly defined is a human
>>> near-universal, like language, suggests it is not
>>> merely a contingent social construction.
>>>
>> It suggests no such thing.
>> The idea that there is a central metaphysical urge
>> behind religion is a
>> good example of Nozick's statement to the effect
>> that people prefer a
>> hidden hand to an invisible hand. The way inference
>> systems work in our
>> minds is for a preference towards agency.
>> Religion can easily, and in my mind more plausibly,
>> be described as a
>> by-product of human minds.
>> A psychologist can easily explain the effects of:
>> consensus effect,
>> false consensus effect, memory illusions, source
>> monitoring defects,
>> confirmation bias, and cognitive dissonance
>> reduction along with others
>> as departures from normative reasoning and every one
>> of these play the
>> determining roll in the development of religious
>> ideas. None of the
>> above are social constructs.
>>
>> John Thornton
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