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Originally Posted by lucy7
Is this all a psychological thingy then?
What have you learnt? !!
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no, it certainly was not designed as such. and as I say, it's
almost a social psychological experiment. without a hypothesis in place, no conclusion can really be drawn, so perhaps I should have said it simply gives us an interesting insight into peoples' psyche and ego-related stances.
religion has been seen by some psychologists as a hinderance to the developement of a man (or woman), alienating them from themselves in a dysfunctional and neurotic institutional 'illusion'.
others have said that religion is an unconscious form of art, whereby empirical memories manifest themselves into the conscious mind and 'labelled' as religious experiences (for example, when Russ B told of how he felt God had shown him the name for his daughter).
religion has been the debate of people and psychologists for many many years and will continue to be so. it will never tire to fascinate and draw in views and concepts from all angles. in this thread alone, we have seen examples whereby people postulate God, Gods, no God, aliens, prisoners abandoned on a planet... it's great to see so many people so emotive about a subject that they really can lose themselves in conversation.
I love this thread! It truly is what forums are for (imo)!!