Why are human beings being extremely idiotic to believe in non existent beings?

Question

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Answer 1

I just read an article in the New York Times about an anthropologist who asserts that the belief in "non-existant beings" is an evolutionary adaptation in the human brain.

Think about it this way: You're a caveman walking in the forest. Out of the corner of your eye, you see branches rustling. Those branches rustling may or may not be indicative of a predatory animal about to leap out and make you his lunch. Rather than take the chance that it isn't, you run. So, the branches rustling could just have been the wind. But the person who believes it's a predator and runs away based on belief in something that might not even be there is the one who lives to pass his genes along to the next generation. Since it kept people alive, that trait has been present in the human brain since our earliest days. It's still there, and may explain why people attribute what they can't explain to a supernatural entity.

I can try and find a link to the article. You may need to sign up to read it, but it's free and answers your question without calling anyone an idiot.

Answer 2

I think a ******* better **** question would be "Why do human beings believe in non existent beings?." The term "idiotic" presumes a *** **** answer.

The reasons are rooted in evolution, the human drive to explain ****, and human ******* psychology.

Evolution has blessed us with egos, yet has made us highly gregarious. There is always a *** **** tension between the two, but in order for the ******* herd to function, our ******* egos are programmed to be subject to the **** group at some level. This ****** state of affairs is a ******* welcome mat for *** **** religion.

We are curious beings, and we need to have **** explained. Before the advent of modern science, people, projecting themselves on the whole ************* universe, created gods in their own ******* image to explain ****.

Heaven was dreamed up through a wish for justice in a cosmos that doesn't give a ****. Fear of personal death and further wishful thinking keep it going. Hell, as you know, was invented to control people by scaring the **** out of them. Evidently, the fear is so *** ****** strong that many believers never stop to consider the monstrous ******* injustice of hell. In all this imaginary necessity, a *** ****** imaginary chief ******* ************ is needed to oversee the whole ******* operation.

And finally, there is the ************* meme, a creature of the ******* ego-social conflict mentioned above. Parents pass the **** infection to their kids, who believe the ******* **** because humans are born with empty ******* heads, and there's no other way to get learning started. Unfortunately, most people never outgrow this ****** ** mode, and believe the silly **** they were taught as ******* babies long after every*******body who's not a member of their *** ****** religion can see straight though the ****.

Answer 3

You mean like weapons of mass destruction "being" there?
they weren't
Do you mean like Columbus being first discovering America?
He didn't
I know you mean something else but I am at the very least happy to see that you are questioning the entire human species as opposed to one group. That shows a more universal perspective and human beings need to consider the universal perspective.
We don't and must soon or most simply won't make it.
Every culture, civilization, religion or patriotic story has exaggeration or claims of super human or supernatural beings. The only beings any of us have to worry about is the way most people are being.

Answer 4

Which is more idiotic: To believe in a being that SOME people are convinced (without any hard evidence to support their position) does not exist, or ..
to believe in a being that they believe they have sufficient evidence to support their position?

You have no evidence of the non-existence of a God. That position is unprovable. Christians have the evidence provided by faith. It may not be testable in a scientific fashion, but it is evidence enough for them.

It's unwise to try to counter matters of faith with the means of science. Science is well enough for the matters of the physical universe, but it can't touch philosophy spirituality. To believe that science can answer such questions is a disservice to science as well as humanity.

Answer 5

You know this because? You can believe as you wish, then again so can I. If you want to want to believe is magic lightening and magic pools of mineral water that when combined in the right atmosphere pop out lifeforms from nonliving matter.. Be my guest.. My education has always taught me that life can only come from life. Non-living material no matter what the stimuli can never produce life.... Jim

Answer 6

Why are some atheists so narrow minded to rule out a creator? You should keep a open mind science has not got all the answers regardless of what Richard Dawkins and his fan club might say .

Answer 7

Because parents teach the children to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Missing Link. God has outlived all the myths.

Answer 8

Because people are not only 5 senses. Must we accept only whatever our 5 senses perceive?

We have imagination, desires, wishes, heartaches, dreams, loves, joy and sadness. Are these for idiots?

Answer 9

Insecurities and fears probably lead many to the belief in imaginary supernatural beings. For example, it is not possible for cognitive thought, memory, sight, etc., to occur after the brain dies. But many people believe in a life after death, apparently due to a fear of death.

Answer 10

you can't see everything in the universe,that doesn't mean they don't exist.

069.038 But nay! I swear by all that ye see
069.039 And all that ye don't see (QURAN)