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Ward Cressin commented on Mark Dupont's blog post 'How do we know that religion is a self-deception?'
Mark Dupont commented on Mark Dupont's blog post 'How do we know that religion is a self-deception?'"Ward,
I agree, religious believers (especially those of a fundamentalist or orthodox stripe) are opposed by definition to any and all belief systems and value systems other than their own because these are rival systems that represent a threat. I…"
Kir Komrik commented on Mark Dupont's blog post 'How do we know that religion is a self-deception?'"Hey Mark,
This is a posting worthy of a full response and is an outstanding job. Thank you. I'm going to work up something tonight and reply. Thank you.
- kk"
Ward Cressin commented on Mark Dupont's blog post 'How do we know that religion is a self-deception?'"I was always puzzled and amazed that religious people were so against rock music, D&D, Harry Potter and witchcraft. I had not thought of religion as self-deception and mainly experiential but it explains their problems with those…"
RobertPiano commented on Mark Dupont's blog post 'How do we know that religion is a self-deception?'"What you do is of no consequence, It's what you believe that matters. That's self-deception defined."
Mark Dupont posted a blog postHow do we know that religion is a self-deception?
I posted a message a week ago under Codie’s discussion topic “Do We Really Need to Respect Religions?”. Kir picked up on one of my comments – “Everything we know of the psychology of religion shows that religiosity is a self-deception, founded on the satisfaction of emotional and spiritual needs of individuals within faith communities” – and said, “I'm wondering if you might expand on this for the reader. I don't think most atheists are all that knowledgeable of this area and I think you're…See More
Kir Komrik left a comment for Mark Dupont"Hey Mark,
That's great to hear. We're two of a rare breed. I've got all sorts of deconversion stuff on my blog, too.
kirkomrik.wordpress.com
Look forward to chatting
- kk"
Reg The Fronkey Farmer left a comment for Mark Dupont"Hi Mark, I read your first post an thought "here is a guy that has Atheism figured". One needs to have reflected long enough on the nature of "belief" to that sort of perspective on it. Good stuff. I always challenge…"
Mark Dupont replied to Codie L Miller's discussion 'Do We Really Need to Respect Religions?'"As other members have already noted (especially Marc), discussions about whether religion requires respect are prone to confusion because different issues are confused. It seems to me that four distinct questions are very easily confused:
1)…"
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How do we know that religion is a self-deception?
Posted on November 25, 2012 at 6:24pm 5 Comments 2 Likes
I posted a message a week ago under Codie’s discussion topic “Do We Really Need to Respect Religions?”. Kir picked up on one of my comments – “Everything we know of the psychology of religion shows that religiosity is a self-deception, founded on the satisfaction of emotional and spiritual needs of individuals within faith communities” – and said, “I'm wondering if you might expand on this for the reader. I don't think most atheists are all that knowledgeable of this area and I think you're…
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- At 7:17pm on November 25, 2012, Kir Komrik said…
Hey Mark,
That's great to hear. We're two of a rare breed. I've got all sorts of deconversion stuff on my blog, too.
kirkomrik.wordpress.com
Look forward to chatting
- kk
- At 5:36pm on November 25, 2012, Reg The Fronkey Farmer said…
Hi Mark, I read your first post an thought "here is a guy that has Atheism figured". One needs to have reflected long enough on the nature of "belief" to that sort of perspective on it. Good stuff. I always challenge why people believe something rather than the specific details of the belief.
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