Handicapping Iowa...
On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:54:23 -0800, -rick- wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:01:58 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
Ever been in an airplane and suddenly the lights dim, the plane banks
sharply and the engines cut out?
Betcha find religion real fast.
Eisboch (just a joke)
No - it's not a joke - it's a fact.
I've seen it happen to some very hardcore athesists.
You think panic and desperation improve decision making ability?
Interesting way to put it.
I my experience, yes. Self preservations is a powerful survival
motive.
I think you're correct that fear and inability to face their
own or loved ones mortality is behind a lot of religious belief.
For certain personalities, I would agree.
However, belief in an afterlife and belief in a Creator don't
necessarily go hand-in-hand.
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