If don’t believe in God, you will believe anything.
What does it have to do with dogma [and/or say, global warming cargo cult]. You get religion {in the bad sense of it- boring cultist religion. With the older traditional religion at least there was competition- helped with the general principle of freedom of religion. And without that you get the Hamas type cult religions.
Being a self aware follower of a religion channels that natural human behavior into something defined and constrained. People who are not self aware of their own human nature will be drug around by their magical thinking without realizing what is going on.
Climate change and marxism are prominent examples but everyone falls victim at some level, even the super smarties.
If don’t believe in God, you will believe anything.
What does it have to do with dogma [and/or say, global warming cargo cult]. You get religion {in the bad sense of it- boring cultist religion. With the older traditional religion at least there was competition- helped with the general principle of freedom of religion. And without that you get the Hamas type cult religions.
Being a self aware follower of a religion channels that natural human behavior into something defined and constrained. People who are not self aware of their own human nature will be drug around by their magical thinking without realizing what is going on.
Climate change and marxism are prominent examples but everyone falls victim at some level, even the super smarties.