If you are a follower of Islam, you are commanded by your faith to live an even more miserable life. Other religions still depend on misery to create a need that can be used as a sales gimmick. Religions with more reasonable claims cause less damaging mental health problems in the long run.
Yes, Wiccan teachings are indeed well intended. Treating science as a religion, even thou it is not is also good. But, there is always danger believing things for which there will never be evidence.
Your implication is that, in time, when no evidence presents itself, I will observe that people who have beliefs lacking evidence are indeed happy and healthy. Well, guess what. What I have observed is that people shift to use cognitive biases to support their beliefs in the long term. They fail to look for contraindications to their unprovable beliefs. Rather than accepting the unprovability, they fall into a cognitive dissonance sort of mindset. This is not grossly maladaptive, but it colors the aspirations for knowledge and acceptance of uncertainty in ways that are detrimental to scientific thought.
Agnosticism is reality. It can be proven that certain hypotheses in science, philosophy, and mathematics are in fact unprovable. There is no need to demand absolute certainty about metaphysical issues.
Religion celebrates the misery of life.
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If you are a follower of Islam, you are commanded by your faith to live an even more miserable life. Other religions still depend on misery to create a need that can be used as a sales gimmick. Religions with more reasonable claims cause less damaging mental health problems in the long run.
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Nope, try again. There are some religions that have only good intentions. "As it shall harm none, do as thou will"
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Yes, Wiccan teachings are indeed well intended. Treating science as a religion, even thou it is not is also good. But, there is always danger believing things for which there will never be evidence.
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Your right. Like the belief that only your opinion is the correct one. There is danger in that.
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Danger in the short run. When the evidence comes in, the reality check straightens you out.
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You right, in time you will realize your mistake.
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Your implication is that, in time, when no evidence presents itself, I will observe that people who have beliefs lacking evidence are indeed happy and healthy. Well, guess what. What I have observed is that people shift to use cognitive biases to support their beliefs in the long term. They fail to look for contraindications to their unprovable beliefs. Rather than accepting the unprovability, they fall into a cognitive dissonance sort of mindset. This is not grossly maladaptive, but it colors the aspirations for knowledge and acceptance of uncertainty in ways that are detrimental to scientific thought.
Agnosticism is reality. It can be proven that certain hypotheses in science, philosophy, and mathematics are in fact unprovable. There is no need to demand absolute certainty about metaphysical issues.