Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: May 31, 2008 08:00
On May 31, 6:19 am, Lin Liangtai yahoo.com.tw> wrote:
Isn't this alittle like seeing human faces in clouds?
Could it be that the psychological basis of religious belief is the
nearly universal human tendency to anthropomorphize? Religion might
best be understood as systematic anthropomorphism, that is, the
attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman things and events.
Religion might consist of seeing the world as humanlike. This
perceptual strategy pervades secular life and it characterizes
religious experience.
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