Edwards: Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.
Agent K: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals
and you know it...
-Men in Black
I think Taylor and Orn's criticisms are on the money. The study does
not support Hemingway's conclusions. The column does highlight an
interesting quirk among people of faith. They don't see religion as a
form of superstition. I recall my High School English teacher saying
something about "religion and other superstitions" once. I
immediately objected, "Religion isn't a superstition!" "Yes, it is."
That rocked my world. Of course it is.
But think of it this way. Suppose there is a kind of "baseline"
irrationality to humans - a "superstition" index that doesn't change
much. An individual may not need it, but a well-organized society
must provide an outlet for this deep-seated impulse. Are strong
Churches (especially the moderate ones) better for society than the
widespread acceptance of New Age woo-woo, dangerous pseudoscience and
all the other superstitions and belief systems that rush in to fill
the void left by traditional religion?
Does it affect the strategy of organizations like MFA?
Aaron
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