Why we believe things
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Overpopulation
is a problem. Around 1972 we joined the Dutch foundation Nederlandse
Vereniging for Sexuele Hervorming NVSH (Dutch Union for Sexual Reform),
the former Nieuw Malthusiaanse Bond (Neo Malthusian League).
The
NVSH promoted birth control and sexual pleasure. We were both raised as
Roman Catholics and sexually green as grass. We were already atheists.
We
lost interest in the NVSH after we met their goals but I think many
people need education, especially reigious people. Here we have a
growing minority of muslims that don't subscribe Duch values. I don't
like it when people show their religious beliefs through their clothes
because I find it provocative but I think most of them are unaware of
that.
The muslim
population tends to have bigger families than other people but there are
a growing number of immigrants that become educated atheists because
people embrace their freedom.
I think education is the only way to answer overpopulation and religion is not helpful, maybe even counterproductive.
That is why I became interested in the question why people stubborny believe in God.
I was also interested in the question why we believe that we are something ourselves.
My
conclusion is that both are convincing illusions of our organism but
religious people don't bother that they can't pinch God in his arm to
provoke a response.
"Reality
is what kicks back when you kick it. This is just what physicists do
with their particle accelerators. We kick reality and feel it kick back.
From the intensity and duration of thousands of those kicks over many
years, we have formed a coherent theory of matter and forces, called the
standard model, that currently agrees with all observations."
(Victor J. Stenger)
God doesn't kick back but I do. That's why I believe that I am something.
Religious people cling to their God like I cling to my being, that's why they can't think otherwise.
BertRe: Why we believe thingsSteve Kurtz di 31 okt 11:46I strongly agree with your views here. Islamists have stated many times that they intend to take over many European countries simply by outbreeding the locals. Competitive breeding is done by Mormons (12 kids to be near their deity) and Orthodox Jews (we were raised reform Jewish, but atheist too). The Catholic Church tries, but they are losing that battle after centuries of effort. Women’s empowerment as well as education is important. Patriarchy is nasty. Steve | ||||||