Before discarding as completely useless a belief you don’t believe in, consider its worth as entertainment. Unproveable yet deeply held convictions, and variations on them, can represent fertile ground for quality daydreaming. Consider the premise of an all-knowing god who orchestrates everything, from people’s decisions to where on the ground a falling leaf will land….
When I’m walking with traffic on the sidewalk, I don’t like to see vehicles pass me and slow down soon afterward, and turn off the road onto a side street. I’m afraid they’re waiting for me to reach the turn off on foot. Then they’ll attack. I don’t like to see objects in discomfort. Here…
Accept this [series] Part 1: Murderers, rapists, pedophiles, white-collar tax evaders and all criminals in-between are necessary parts of a society if that society wants to recognize good behavior. There needs to be a calibration factor, against which goodness can be measured. Theoretical example: if every member of a population never took part in criminal…