PK1
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What data?What would you like to substitute for atheism? Anarchy?Apparently, you did not understand my previous post.Function advantage and transfer of functional advantage. Or it dies out.Darwin was a biologist and agnostic. His natural selection focused on adaptation in the animal’s ecosystem, leading to survival, propagation, and speciation, ie evolution.If atheism offered a functional advantage then religion would have never existed in the first place. That is Darwin in a nutshell. So to argue religion doesn't offer a functional advantage flies in the face of natural selection and Darwinism.Did Darwin say that, or is that your interpretation?There are two components to natural selection; functional advantage and transfer of functional advantage to the next generation.“everything happens for a reason”Actually in my mind I don't have perfect knowledge and neither do you.“Get the fxck out of there, you dreadful piece of crap.”
But I do have faith that everything works for good even when I don't always see it. And I do believe everything happens for a reason and serves a purpose even when I don't see that either.
I believe you will only believe God exists if he did magical things for you like a show pony and even then I am not so sure that would convince you. You have a hard heart.
But I am certain that you have never actually given any serious consideration to your ridiculous belief that God can only exist if everything is perfect.
I agree. That “reason” is Natural forces and, in the case of animals, motivation (including being happy or content).
The “purpose” Nature has contructed thru evolution & other forces is ... survival, propagation, redistribution of matter with forces.
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So even Darwin says that belief in God is superior than not believing in God. Otherwise, religion would have died out long ago.
The reason religion survives is that it’s a cultural relic supported by powerful people who use it to their advantage at the expense of poor “weaker” citizens.
You should try learning some anthropology, sociology, social & developmental psychology.
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Religion is a CULTURAL belief system, and POLITICS (power) is associated with it.
Religion survives as a political tool; it does NOT demonstrate truth.
Just look at lying Trump as an example. He uses religion to gather votes and propagate his political power.
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Atheism offer no functional advantage. Belief in God does. That is why religion has been so prevalent throughout the history of mankind.
In your sentence: “That is why religion has been so prevalent throughout the history of mankind” ...
simply substitute “political power” for “religion” and you will be correct.
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I know it disturbs your sensibilities that religion offers a functional advantage over atheism but that’s exactly what the data shows.
Making things up to suit your beliefs?