![]() ![]() “They say that they believe because pretending to believe is necessary to get the benefits of religion. People would dedicate their lives to converting others to their religions. No one could be comfortable in the thought that they might have picked the wrong religion and blundered into eternal damnation, or bad reincarnation, or some other unthinkable consequence. Everyone would be frantic to determine which religion was the true one. Rich people would give their wealth to the needy. ![]() If people believed in God, they would live every minute of their lives in support of that belief. “Four billion people say they believe in God, but few genuinely believe. But I’ve noticed that the simplest explanation usually sounds right and is far more convincing than any complicated explanation could hope to be. My experience tells me that in this complicated world the simplest explanation is usually dead wrong. I’ll add more context to these highlights soon, but for now here’s the raw dump. ![]() I won’t say much more about it, because to give a summary would be to ruin the fun of reading it. It’s a short read, 132 pages and around 90 minutes or so. Here’s what I found interesting from God’s Debris by Scott Adams. ![]()
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