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Michele Bachmans turn at the Stupid Wheel with Obama!
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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 858224" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>I think that's a real driving force behind most supernatural beliefs, the fact that most people <em>want</em> to believe in something beyond the natural world.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>All that graph really illustrates is that once you start relying on the supernatural to explain things, you can pretty much tailor your beliefs to fit whatever works best for you personally (which actually might be a better explanation for the way republicans view governance <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" />). That's what has happened with christianity (and all the major religions) through the ages. At various times individuals or groups decided they didn't like whatever the current narrative was so they came up with a different one and split off to do their own thing. For an atheist who doesn't subscribe to supernatural explanations, the natural world is what it is, the same as it has always been.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 858224, member: 4805"] I think that's a real driving force behind most supernatural beliefs, the fact that most people [I]want[/I] to believe in something beyond the natural world. All that graph really illustrates is that once you start relying on the supernatural to explain things, you can pretty much tailor your beliefs to fit whatever works best for you personally (which actually might be a better explanation for the way republicans view governance :wink2:). That's what has happened with christianity (and all the major religions) through the ages. At various times individuals or groups decided they didn't like whatever the current narrative was so they came up with a different one and split off to do their own thing. For an atheist who doesn't subscribe to supernatural explanations, the natural world is what it is, the same as it has always been. [/QUOTE]
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