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Thread #131699   Message #3036992
Posted By: Ed T
20-Nov-10 - 05:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: The God Delusion 2010
Subject: RE: BS: The God Delusion 2010
"Aren't the obvious risks to society of which you wrote enough?"

If you are asking me: I did not give any risks related to a belief in a God? Please do not confuse this with risks from organized religion.


"The risk if you believe in deity are twofold; one is that your susceptibility to believe things for which there is no evidence may be a symptom of an inability to think critically or rationally at all; and the other, your susceptibility to believe *one* thing for which there is no evidence leaves you susceptible to believe *other* things for which there is no evidence"

Beyond your suggestion, can you provide any evidance that the two matters (the condition you describe) you bring up are in any way related? Or, that a "cure" of this affliction would be for a person to abandon a belief in a god?

I suspect that thinking in a manner that you describe would fall more closely under the category of a "prejudice" against those who believe in a God.