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<blockquote data-quote="jayem" data-source="post: 56170359" data-attributes="member: 8344"><p>To rephrase what others have said, supernatural thinking persists because it serves a purpose. I do suspect that it is an evolutionary adaptation in our cognitive processes that provides answers and a sense of certainty in an uncertain world. And for many, if not most people, that's very important .</p><p> </p><p>But even though supernatural beliefs may be part of our evolutionary heritage, that doesn't mean that such beliefs accurately represent the real world. Such beliefs vary widely among cultures, and often give markedly different explanations for the same phenomenon. In the Judeo-Christian Genesis story, God (Yahweh) creates the universe ex nihilo, in 6 days. In Hindu legends, universes are created repeatedly, as emanations from Lord Vishnu. In one Native American myth I've heard, people existed in the underworld in a kind of shapeless, embryonic state, then emerged on the earth in human form. Why should I think that any one of these more correct than the other? Just because all societies have supernatual beliefs is not an argument that supernatural events have really occurred.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayem, post: 56170359, member: 8344"] To rephrase what others have said, supernatural thinking persists because it serves a purpose. I do suspect that it is an evolutionary adaptation in our cognitive processes that provides answers and a sense of certainty in an uncertain world. And for many, if not most people, that's very important . But even though supernatural beliefs may be part of our evolutionary heritage, that doesn't mean that such beliefs accurately represent the real world. Such beliefs vary widely among cultures, and often give markedly different explanations for the same phenomenon. In the Judeo-Christian Genesis story, God (Yahweh) creates the universe ex nihilo, in 6 days. In Hindu legends, universes are created repeatedly, as emanations from Lord Vishnu. In one Native American myth I've heard, people existed in the underworld in a kind of shapeless, embryonic state, then emerged on the earth in human form. Why should I think that any one of these more correct than the other? Just because all societies have supernatual beliefs is not an argument that supernatural events have really occurred. [/QUOTE]
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