"I wonder why no one has latched on to the idea of the brain evolving in such a way as to be "wired" for believing . . ."
I suppose that the only thing that matters in regard to religion is whether it's true or not. If it's not true, it's totally pointless. If it is true, it's the only thing that matters.
But I suppose one might speculate that if one is "wired" for religious belief, then one might be wired for other beliefs as well.
What other things? Oh, all sorts of things. One might be wired, for example, to believe in the superiority of the group; others, the individual. Or one might be wired to believe in capitalism or socialism or the superiority of those who are tall or bald.
I guess if we are wired, we can't help it, so we are not to be blamed for our delusions. I'm wired to believe in reincarnation, I think. I have recurrent dreams of past lives.
I'm also wired to believe in the "tinniness" of all this talk about people being wired for this or that.
No, no. That will not do.
I am wired to believe that I am responsible for every action in my life, much of which is reprehensible, some of which is okay.
No, the best explanation of religion is the following idea: I feel is if I am incorporeal (from an earlier post by Parasomnium).
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.---Milton
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