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Originally Posted by peter12
I think the simple utilitarian view of belief is pretty pointless. Theology, like psychoanalysis, is how to answer questions that by definition refuse to be answered by quantitative empiricism.
The real question is how the private experiences of the mind become the public experiences of religion, politics etc...
To even believe that these things constitute primarily a means of control is missing the point, entirely.
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind posits the theory that up until 3000 years ago humans had a complete seperation of left and right brain functions and were all, in essence, schizophrenic hearing their own (presumably rare) thoughts as words from gods.