Saving Yourself from Religion
Posted by skiutah on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Here’s an article where psychologists demonstrate that humans have an innate ability to believe in false ideas regardless of factual evidence that demonstrates a concept is false: Illusion of validity
Have you ever wondered why some people accept as truth things that seem unbelievable? Some strange beliefs jump to mind:
- Friday the 13th is unlucky
- American Indians are Book of Mormon Lamanites
- Tooth fairy
- Jesus was Quetzalcoatl
- Racism was okay before 1978
- Satan owns the waterways
- Alice Cooper and Snoop Dog are Mormons
- Book of Abraham
- Astrology
- Santa Claus
- Polyandry and polygamy
- Pro Wrestling
