![]() ![]() ![]() It also doesn't show that God doesn't exist, because a similar cognitive explanation could be given for literally any belief of any description whatever. After all, where the theist might reason that we have this predisposition because God wanted us to have it, an atheist might reason just as consistently with their point of view, that cognitive science has revealed yet another irrational bias we have, and that knowing the facts helps us overcome it. Of course, this doesn't show that one ought to believe in God-that would be to commit the naturalistic fallacy. And we've seen how one of the findings in this area is that belief in God, or something like God, is natural to us, given the types of minds we have. In our last two articles, we've explored one book in the exciting new field of cognitive science of religion. ![]()
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