No.21146
do you see when sportsmen celebrate a goal they point their fingers to the sky thanking god, do you think god is in some measure involved or is it just a testimony that they're a Christian?
Aston Villa FC's Christian Benteke celebrates his goals by thanking God because he believes that God gave him the power to score. Benteke is a religious person who prays before and after every game, asking God to keep all the players safe.
https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2013/08/11/scorer-benteke-my-goal-celebration-is-a-thank-you-to-god No.21155
If you can draw power from your belief in god, and that power helps you in your sporting career, then I guess god was involved, even if it only was the idea of god, not the entity. Ernst has thought about this in the past, because it's really ridiculous, it boils down to: Believing in your regionally dominant 31,6% god, who was invented by humans at some point, has been reinterpreted about a million times, and on each and every occasion had to retreat to the realm of obscurity when scientific advances challenged beliefs, still makes you stronger. Makes one think of the value of truth. Maybe we're all better off with comforting lies, because the truth isn't very motivating.
Maybe the real truth is what motivates people most.
No.21156
>>21155real truth is the truth not what the majority think otherwise noah and his arc would've bring everyone on board in his boat