How are Sciences of Religion a no go in here, when the Cognitive Sciences of Religion operate inside the borders of science?
How are Sciences of Religion a no go in here...
Connor Moore
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Juan Roberts
Its not.
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Evan Kelly
religion is based on faith alone, while science is based on observation and empiricism. saying "the sciences of religion" is an oxymoron. (do note im not saying people with a religion cannot study science)
Jack Stewart
>Sciences of Religion
Parker White
The only "science of religion" I ever heard of was statistical attempts to measure the efficacy of prayer. When a Royal in some country is ill, millions pray for his/her recovery. Do they have better survival rates than people with comparable conditions who aren't prayed for?
No.
There are also studies where electromagnetic brain stimulation produces feelings akin to religion; a belief something awesome & comforting is in the room with you. The effect is reproducible, so I guess that's "science". But that just tells us about neurology.
As said, religion is only dependent on faith. Of course, a meme which tells you you'll suffer eternally if you don't follow the rituals and convince others to do the same is going to persist. It can be very convincing and many don't want to take the risk it's not true. See Pascal's Wager.
Sebastian Rodriguez
Don't you people in here have access to Wikipedia? Google what it is, read some pdf's it has so much potential.
Cognitive Science of Religion
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Julian Thomas
Oh, you're asking "why do people believe?" Some answers in Name somewhat mis-leading. We thought you meant "is religion true?"
Andrew Nguyen
Analyizing what makes monkey brains believe in god is different from obsessively analyzing the shit written down in holy books by ancient kikes/arabs/pajeets/karl marx and presuming it is all true by default.
Liam Fisher
Yes and what and how and how can we make it useful, especially in boosting mental performance.
Some adherents claim practicing religion has mnemonic value, and is something innate in our thinking, if so engineering such systems might be useful.
Ayden Rivera
>Some adherents claim practicing religion has mnemonic value, and is something innate in our thinking, if so engineering such systems might be useful.
It seems like common sense when you think abut it, so perhaps we should look into it more deeply.
I'm talking straight out my ass here but I suspect having a construct of god or whatever in the back of your head it's much easier to follow whatever moral system you subscribe to because the vague pressure of social ostracism and bad consequences in the future is replaced by a direct and immediate danger of divine retribution. Someone should test this.