Many people believe in God because they believe they have seen a vision of him, or of an angel or a virgin in blue with their own eyes, or he speaks to them inside their heads.
This may appear a convincing argument from personal experience but is least convincing to anyone knowledgeable about psychology.
Peter Sutcliff, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus, telling him to kill women. Many mass murderers have heard orders from God to commit murder. Individuals in Asylum think they are Napoleon, or Charlie Chaplin. Or they can broadcast their thoughts into other people’s head.
Sam Harris in “The End of Faith” states that when people’s beliefs are extremely common we call them “religious”, otherwise they are likely to be
This may appear a convincing argument from personal experience but is least convincing to anyone knowledgeable about psychology.
Peter Sutcliff, the Yorkshire Ripper, distinctly heard the voice of Jesus, telling him to kill women. Many mass murderers have heard orders from God to commit murder. Individuals in Asylum think they are Napoleon, or Charlie Chaplin. Or they can broadcast their thoughts into other people’s head.
Sam Harris in “The End of Faith” states that when people’s beliefs are extremely common we call them “religious”, otherwise they are likely to be