You see, there’s always that thing about religion… I just can’t get how people can be honestly religious. There’s the part of brain honestly believing in a dragon in the garage—and there’s the part of brain having a perfectly good model of nonexistence of the dragon. And they honestly don’t collide. It’s easy for people who honestly can’t see they are being dishonest to very strongly promote honesty; this sometimes works as it should, pushing away those who do understand they need to reconcile their beliefs with each other to be honest.
You see, there’s always that thing about religion… I just can’t get how people can be honestly religious. There’s the part of brain honestly believing in a dragon in the garage—and there’s the part of brain having a perfectly good model of nonexistence of the dragon. And they honestly don’t collide. It’s easy for people who honestly can’t see they are being dishonest to very strongly promote honesty; this sometimes works as it should, pushing away those who do understand they need to reconcile their beliefs with each other to be honest.