Subject: Question
Scientists say that our minds have a natural desire to believe in God. Its based on the need of primordial man to control his environment. If thats true, do you ever get an unnatural feeling from rejecting God?
Actually, there aren't any scientists (that I have heard of) saying that we have a "natural desire to believe in God." There are certainly scientists who have claimed that there are natural inclinations towards various sorts of belief and mysticism, but a specific belief in a specific entity (like God) is another matter entirely. A belief in "God" seems to be simply a manifestation of a much more general inclination.
Do I feel "unnatural" for not sharing in an inclination which others have? No. Do I feel "unnatural" for not directing such an inclination towards the same object that others do? Again, no. Why should I? There appear to be natural inclinations towards things like aggressiveness which I also don't indulge in - should I feel "unnatural" for this as well? That just doesn't make any sense.
There may be something "natural" to mystical beliefs, in the sense that our brain is hard-wired to have mystical experiences in the right conditions. That does not mean, however, that a belief in a very specific sort of supernatural being is particularly "natural" at all - and there's nothing wrong with rejecting such a belief.
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