Message from @Meiglos
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There is a fat at the end of the river which the salmon cannot exlain, only that he knows he must go there
yeah thats instinct
you may not understand chuch but you know you should show up on sundays?
*god
Religion would be if the salmon actually had an inner monologue where it said that the end of the river is the path to righteousness
there is no evidence one way or the other
well we cant study thought
or consciousness
I think religion is that compelling...
You only need evidence to prove positive claims, not to disprove them
biological.....concesious............its the same thing
I think the desire to believe in something greater is ingrained in humanity. Thats why Nietzsche said that with the death of god, humanity needs to find it's own purpose
*instict
consciousness is not the same as instinct
I belive its ingrained in humans because the birds believe in the rain god....
what makes you think the birds believe in the rain god?
but how do you know the birds believe in a rain god
perhaps is the god of harvest?
i dont know it
again
where does god come into that
maybe birds just believe in rain
lol
again, are birds even capable of believing
sorry, trying to flesh this out for myself
how can we prove that birds know the rain is what causes the worms to rise?
...thanks for being cool through the process >.<
maybe they just take advantage of the situation
or maybe they just learned to associate the rain with there being more worms
Im going to say the bird's parents were taught how to follow rains....
yeah and there is no need for belief for that to be true
there is no evidence that birds teach each other things
bird parents do not teach a fledgling to fly
wait don't hunting dogs teach their young how to hunt?
& due to a lack of a language to properly literate the conecpt, it isconcived as a religious rule.........not so much we do this because there are worms, but because we do this because my ancestors did it.....
Birds dont have a concept of behavior
they know parents, self, children, and others
knowledge is not passed down
it is through the flock
but the flock does not teach