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Why superstition is wrong, even if the lie has benefits.


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http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/16/health/religion-lifespan-health/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/novel-finding-reading-literary-fiction-improves-empathy/

 

But

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22356306
Basically https://mlpforums.com/topic/145365-why-do-so-many-people-hate-religion/page-9#entry4751513

 

For instance also, the Westboro Baptist Church. If Christianity was so wholesome why did that spawn from it?

 

Superstitious thinking begets superstitious thinking. Superstition allows irrational fear, and irrational problem solving, which in turn leads to an irrational violence.

 

If the world is founded on religious utopia, afterwards it would be destroyed by the superstitious thoughts they harbor. Its as simple as riots occurring form a sports game.

 

Thats where the future leads for religion.

 

When you analyze whether something is or is not moral to do, you need to look at every step into the future. Not preserve your faith now, but, make better decisions for the future. Pacifists can, and have become killers. Christians went from preaching peace to the romans, to massacring thousands in crusades.

 

You say, Jesus spoke peace did he not? If you analyze the bible, that was a complete fucking 180. Jealous god, kill people for as little as worshiping the stars, likes displaying his brute strength: SUDDENLY a moment to challenge the greater forces of Samaria and the Romans, now is the time to display my strength! By, preaching peace so they do not kill me like I would have killed them had we outnumbered them.

 

Then we kill them after rising through the lower class, the ones we prey on, just like how they give the most frequently in america, yet also get scammed the most.

 

Lack of education promotes religion, and it has for thousands of years, and thats why Christianity survives. Studies I have shared before easily show the correlation.

 

But everyone wishes the lie were true. The bible is a flat earth book, and has math errors. I have dissuaded literally everything of it through links and articles and arguments and explanations.

 

Honestly, how do you respond? Do you want to ignore it? Deny it because god is 'obvious' thus I am 'obvious'ly incorrect? Do you lie to protect your sudden doubt so you do not get social responsibility for suddenly becoming an atheist? Do you deny science, deny it had math errors or is a flat earth book? Deny the valid arguments I made about them preaching peace?

 

Why? I know how good the lie can be. Heaven, eternal peace, god, eternal safety and comfort.
Except its not, it doesn't, it hasn't, it can't.

 

The only half reasonable ones are those who know their religion is wrong but practice it anyways. Be it an atheistic interpretation, I mean sure the bible had wisdom, for some socially manipulative barbarians, they sort of do have some elements in common with the art of war, such as deception and solidarity and discipline (stonings being frequent and all).

 

So thats just what they were, war mongers.

 

But to be fair, they had reason. You see how muslims are causing the rapes to triple from not even having half the population muslim, that means like, how much more rapes do a muslim do compared to the Swedish? Thats what happens when you let groups mingle, thats why they loved genocide, and discipline. Or, they probably knew, what they did to egypt and rome, would also occur to them if they let an inferior group play martyr and preacher to the uneducated masses.

 

Just like why Islam is the fastest growing religion to date. Its because of poverty.

 

Now, just like the ouroboros, the symbol of circular logic, your abrahamic religion is eating itself. Eat: symbolism is to kill and replace. In metaphorical fiction, anyways. Muslims and Christians are Abrahamic. So it fits.

 

You are what you eat, when you have circular logic.

 

Adieu.

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Isn't superstition more like 'don't sweep your house on new year' 'don't stand under the banana tree at night' etc? The things you're describing seem more to the religious side of things

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I am too impatient to find the precise study when in another topic that didn't end up going well for me so lets assume for now its not superstitious then build on arguments for why it is or is not, if you don't mind discussion.

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First we need to define superstition 

su·per·sti·tion
ˌso͞opərˈstiSH(ə)n/
noun
 
  1. excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.
    "he dismissed the ghost stories as mere superstition"
    synonyms: unfounded belief, credulityfallacydelusionillusionMore
     
     
     
    • a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
      plural noun: superstitions
      "she touched her locket for luck, a superstition she had had since childhood"
      synonyms: mythbeliefold wives' taleMore
       
       

 

So basically anything not physically rationed and evidenced for a belief is superstitious. That means thinking demons are real, thinking angels are real, thinking certain activities bring out bad demons such as an Ouija board, thinking god hears prayers, thinking god exists and made everything. If you find a different definition and disagree with the one above feel free to share. But its basically, if its not grounded in reality, and it promotes or demotes certain activities (the job of the frontal cortex) then its superstition (also, allowing the logical part of the brain to be dictated by fear, and emotion. Thus its an enemy against logic.)

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Prayers are subconsciously superstitious, and are not grounded in reality, even if consciously they are not superstitious. 

But did you ever notice a spoon can scoop more peanutbutter or mayo out of a jar than a butterknife, with less mess? Yet if you do it you get reprimanded for it being anti-traditional, 'not the way things are done' abnormal etc. Now whats the basis for that? Fear of deviation, fear of being considered weird, fear of offending family.

Its similar, no one wants to offend god right, and superstition is usually traditional. But thats somewhat tangential.

 

So, does prayer have a physical basis? Psychology dictates it feels good, and physics dictates it does nothing and makes you feel good for inaction then. Its a coping mechanism for not over-extending resources to everyone unfortunate when it means going out of your way to do so, so it can be a healthy response since it avoids over extending your time and resources til you cannot even handle yourself. But its so common sometimes it throws away something you could have done, which is why its bad, plus its in inaccurate activity to begin with. But, I wonder what an atheistic version of prayer would be like. 

 

Anywho, if you pray your chance to go to heaven goes up, some would say. And if you don't, your chance of going to hell goes up some would say. Tell me that isn't superstitious. Its plain operant conditioning on social behavior, infinite bad vs infinite good, do this, don't do this. Its superstition in a more existential sense, and for example, why a good luck charm? Some people believe in demons or witches, such as in some cultures they wear an evil eye to prevent witches from harming them. Similarly people pray to prevent the devil demons or hell.

 

Its the same thing.

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