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Getbig Misc Discussion Boards => Religious Debates & Threads => Topic started by: Necrosis on October 24, 2025, 01:17:38 PM
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What do you reckon is the primary reason folks believe in a personal human god? It would appear to be illogical, yet so many do.
Is it fear of death? hope of reward.
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We create gods in our own image. With all of our humanlike needs, wants and desires. It's a very human thing to do.
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They believe whatever they were taught as children.
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They believe whatever they were taught as children.
How come they stopped believing in Santa and the tooth fairy ?
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How come they stopped believing in Santa and the tooth fairy ?
People actually become atheists for this reason. They never want to be fooled again like they were with Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny.
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People actually become atheists for this reason. They never want to be fooled again like they were with Santa, the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny.
Exactly. Thousands of years of wild claims with zero evidence are hard to get past.
At least with Santa there were signs. (Fake signs by my parents, I never trusted them again after)
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They believe whatever they were taught as children.
This is it.
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Exactly. Thousands of years of wild claims with zero evidence are hard to get past.
At least with Santa there were signs. (Fake signs by my parents, I never trusted them again after)
while I agree with this, the analogy does have some flaws, namely there is an explanation thats concrete that explains how the presents get there etc without reference to santa clause etc, its not a viable hypothesis.
God as an anthropomorphic creature is obviously a projection as he would be the god of everything and why he would be human like, care etc when other corporeal but non-sentient things are technically in his image is flawed.
However, as to the question, why is there something rather than nothing doesn't have a great explanation. It also appears that logic, at least traditionally consistent/law of the exluded middle aristotolian logic cannot solve the question wihtout ending in aporias.