Roko & co: Can we try and pin down what exactly we mean by a ‘religious-shaped hole’? I mean, even if there is such a hole, perhaps it’s just a ‘fulfilment-hole’ that many have traditionally filled with religion.
My cod-psychology two pence: people like feeling part of something bigger and grander. What’s bigger and grander than being in a Super Happy Agent’s Super Club? Can one feel comfortable with the notion that there probably isn’t a bigger, grander scheme? I don’t have too much trouble.
If it’s not a religion-hole, but simply an innate desire to feel something profound, then surely better to fill it with something you can see, feel, touch, understand. That said, God’s never spoken to me—I imagine that must be a pretty fulfilling experience.
Roko & co: Can we try and pin down what exactly we mean by a ‘religious-shaped hole’? I mean, even if there is such a hole, perhaps it’s just a ‘fulfilment-hole’ that many have traditionally filled with religion.
My cod-psychology two pence: people like feeling part of something bigger and grander. What’s bigger and grander than being in a Super Happy Agent’s Super Club? Can one feel comfortable with the notion that there probably isn’t a bigger, grander scheme? I don’t have too much trouble.
If it’s not a religion-hole, but simply an innate desire to feel something profound, then surely better to fill it with something you can see, feel, touch, understand. That said, God’s never spoken to me—I imagine that must be a pretty fulfilling experience.