momothefiddler comments on Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable - Less Wrong

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Comment author: momothefiddler 26 October 2011 09:15:09PM 0 points [-]

I may misunderstand your meaning of "warm fuzzies", but I find I obtain significant emotional satisfaction from mathematics, music, and my social interactions with certain people. I see no reason to believe that people receive some important thing from the fundamental aspects of religion that cannot be obtained in less detrimental ways.