The fact that knowing god, a higher power, something more than we can see, has been a universal desire as long as humanity has existed. This was argued to be just a long running error in our brains. Occam’s razor would have said that the simplest reason for this desire, like all such desires, is that which is universally desired exists. But Occam’s razor was seen by some as the simplest explanation that does not point to God (maybe the idea of a god is too complicated?). The seemingly more complicated explanation. It is simply a universally misdirected desire unique in that is does not lead to any real thing, was held to strongly. And a few could not understand the arguments perimeters (nearly universal, like the desire for sex. No the desire to be superman does not come close to fitting). I am not expecting to do any better this time but…. Here is more to think about on the same subject
- Belief in God—A being who reverence and worship are due—is common to almost all people of every era.
- Either the overwhelming majority of people have been wrong throughout all time, on one of the most important parts of their lives, or they have not.
- It is most plausible to believe that they have not.
All thinking people admit that religious belief is very close to universal, throughout all human history and pre history.
Does this fact amount to evidence in favor of religious claims?
Are all the claims made by so many throughout all time based on hallucinations?
Skeptics need to admit that the personal testimony we see is impressive. The vast majority of humans have believed in an higher power. A Power to which the proper response was reverence and worship. The reality of our feelings, the desire to worship, our reverence, acts of love for this power. No one can honestly deny this is true.
If God does not exist, then these things have never once had a real object, they have always been a delusion. Is it really plausible to believe that?
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