Tohtori Ryan McKay arvioi teismiä ja positiivista ateismia patologisen deluusion määritelmää vasten. Hän tulee siihen johtopäätökseen, että tosiasiallisesti teismi on patologista ja delusionaalista, eli siis teismi on mielisairautta.
Hallucinating God? The Cognitive Neuropsychiatry of Religious Belief and Experience
From an evidential perspective, atheists can be construed as proposing a “negative existential” (God does not exist), whereas believers posit a “positive existential” (God exists). It is conceivable that both propositions are motivated, but OCCAM’s razor requires only that the latter be scientifically justified. In the absence of compelling objective evidence for God’s existence, therefore, religious belief is, alethically speaking, pathological and, by two-factor standards, delusional.
https://www.academia.edu/4265301/Hallucinating_God_The_Cognitive_Neuropsychiatry_of_Religious_Belief_and_Experience
Hallucinating God? The Cognitive Neuropsychiatry of Religious Belief and Experience
From an evidential perspective, atheists can be construed as proposing a “negative existential” (God does not exist), whereas believers posit a “positive existential” (God exists). It is conceivable that both propositions are motivated, but OCCAM’s razor requires only that the latter be scientifically justified. In the absence of compelling objective evidence for God’s existence, therefore, religious belief is, alethically speaking, pathological and, by two-factor standards, delusional.
https://www.academia.edu/4265301/Hallucinating_God_The_Cognitive_Neuropsychiatry_of_Religious_Belief_and_Experience
Vastaukset 2
Vanhimmat
Kun yksi tohtori sanoo uskovien olevan mielisairaita niin he ovat. Onhan se vertaisarvioitu!
every time you feel scared
remind yourself
that every
good cool thing
you have in your life
came after you decided
to be brave and honest