Comment by wat10000
2 days ago
Social groups serve those needs. I’ve seen no reason to think those groups must be centered on a mythology.
2 days ago
Social groups serve those needs. I’ve seen no reason to think those groups must be centered on a mythology.
Social groups not built on any kind of shared values or belief system don't actually serve the needs that religions do because they don't scale beyond the familiarity of the specific members of the group
Well, religion doesn’t serve the needs of people like me because we can’t believe in the core nonsense that religion centers on. So what then?
Why is it nonsense but the idea that life is invaluable and meaningless is not, despite the fact that no one, not even the most ardent defenders of this worldview, lives as if it is true?
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