So if, like Freud said, we believe in God because we perceive the world as cold and meaningless (and also of course other issues involving our fathers), and we need to believe in God to have a drive to survive, that means, basically, that the world is INHERENTLY better if there is a God (if God existing would allow more people to survive via hope). Which would mean that a Godless universe facilitated fantasies of a universe better than itself. That seems illogical to me.
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Originally Posted by sonikjuice
Not everything our brains can do necessarily has an evolutionary function. What is the evolutionary function of imagining time travel? Our brains are highly evolved so we can out-think stronger species. Imagining God could simply be a by-product of our complex thinking ability.
Or perhaps imagining a god is a way for people to give meaning to what could otherwise be perceived as a meaningless existence. If our brains thought that life was meaningless, we might not have a drive to survive. That could definitely be the evolutionary function that you are seeking. However, it doesn't mean that an actual god exits.
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