• aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    i also think, in a world without religion, some people would still hear voices and feel compelled to do terrible or dangerous things as a result.

    Religion is just a creation of man. I would argue that we have the relationship inverted and that we have religion partially because people heard voices and felt compelled to do terrible or dangerous things as a result.

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      7 months ago

      i don’t necessarily disagree with you; neither would Julian Jaynes. i’m just not going to blame organized religion for something (hearing compelling voices) that would exist with or without it.

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        7 months ago

        Oh I think we’re in complete agreement on that point.

        Like yeah organized religion sucks it too (and how!), but I don’t think it did this one…sorry fellas.