Nick_Tarleton comments on Is Humanism A Religion-Substitute? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 26 March 2008 04:08:47PM 0 points [-]

Liz, space shuttles exist. God, on the other hand.... I may be missing something, though, as I don't see where "sharing" comes from.

Julian, I don't see anyone defending religion, just pointing out that people do have a God-shaped hole. I find it plausible that that hole exists, and personally I'd like to plug it to the extent that I have one, but only if I was confident that doing so wouldn't reduce my feeling of transcendent awe at real things.