Thinking critically, this should be obvious.
Religious faith is likely a complex phenomenon, shaped by multiple aspects of psychology and culture, say the authors of a new study. But the researchers, Ara Norenzayan and Will Gervais of the University of British Columbia in Canada, showed in a series of clever studies that at least one factor consistently appears to decrease the strength of people’s religious belief: analytic thinking.
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There are surely many factors at play here, but the researchers say their results suggest that one’s style of thought may be a crucial contributor to religious belief. Intuitive thinkers are more likely to be religious; analytical types, less so.
Holly crap!
It’s absolutely hilarious how someone considers him/her self as “enlightened” when they are so religious and always “believe” things to be true without actually looking – like using scientific methodology. If we all thought like these broken religious types then we’d probably all still be living in caves and paying homage to some great spirit – or worse like some PERSON. There is no room for expansion in an all exclusive belief structure like that simply because there is no tolerance! And don’t fool yourself if you think there is. Want an example?
There is no God you damn fool! That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t abandon god-like principles such as empathy or compassion. Just accept it and move on.
Now, how many of you religious types want to shout me down? You’ll only prove my point.
Critical thinking and religion do not go well together. Almost any non-religious idiot can see that.
Bobbo: a pin head so narrow minded he can look through a key hole, with both eyes.
Editors:
please admonish Alfie stop this kind of rhetorical abuse. I haven’t been so humiliated since the 4th grade when someone said I was a big goofy head.
Has this forum no standards?
You were different than all the other 4th graders, you were 16.
You might want to look up the word religion* before you rant.
Religion should never be confused with a person who has faith. Faith =/= Religion.
Apparently you need to work on those critical thinking skills… ?
And who gave us your stated “god-like” principles? One only has to look at mankind in the world today to see that it never came from within us.
Original and urban dictionaries are the best source for the proper meaning: “An organized group of people with a common belief.”. More of the modern dictionaries are now skewing the meaning of the word to b.s., typically in order to remove the word’s application to the wider secular groups to which it does apply.
Somebody is just trying to fuck up the church business.
Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
– Tecumseh — (1768-1813) Shawnee Chief