Comments on: Why We Rationalize

By: Gurunistha dasa

Gurunistha dasa — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:51:52 +0000

I think it’s sloppy logic to say that somehow the fact that a lot of people seem to get into religion out of a psychological need for control and order would mean that religion is a man-made construct. One can certainly choose the right thing for the wrong reasons.

By: Gaura-Vijaya

Gaura-Vijaya — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:15:48 +0000

So at every instant, we have make a hard decision based on partial information. So though ideally we may say that we don’t know anything, that won’t help us to live even for one instant.

By: Citta Hari dasa

Citta Hari dasa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:10:04 +0000

That’s an interesting point–in either case, theistic or atheistic, perhaps what counts is the sense of surety the person has in relation to their world view that gives the sense of control more than the world view per se.

By: atmananda

atmananda — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:10:34 +0000

By knowing that there is some sense and purpose to the world. There is justice, good etc and there is some absolute value to things.

Couldn’t an atheist view provide some sense of control as well?

By: Gaura-Vijaya

Gaura-Vijaya — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:41:15 +0000

By knowing that there is some sense and purpose to the world. There is justice, good etc and there is some absolute value to things.

By: Atmananda

Atmananda — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:57:33 +0000

God is a illusory pattern for people to be more in control.

How does God make people feel more in control?

By: Gaura-Vijaya

Gaura-Vijaya — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:53:09 +0000

Many people like Dawkins push this idea to the extreme and say that people are finding “patterns” or “design” in things that are random to feel more in control. God for example is a tool to make more sense for random things and God is a illusory pattern for people to be more in control.