Someone's just asked me about projection. Do I believe in God cos I want to? An answer:
The problem of projection is everyone's. Actors think all the world is a stage. Footballers think life is a game of two halves. Atheists can certainly project their desires onto reality too.>
Get this from Thomas Nagel:
"I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn’t just that I don’t believe in God and, naturally, hope that I’m right in my belief. >
"It’s that I hope there is no God! I don’t want there to be a God; I don’t want the universe to be like that.” TN
We all want reality to be a certain way and this leads to all kinds of cognitive biases. It's worth everyone being aware of these—believers and unbelievers alike.
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But Jesus shows up as a very surprising God. The ignominy of his death was a scandal—to everyone and especially the Jews. The physicality of his resurrection was disgusting to many, especially the Greek mind. Jesus just did not fit the mould, he broke it.
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Jesus is not, straightforwardly, the fulfilment of our hopes. Instead he disrupts our expectations radically. But stick with the man on the cross. On the far side of the disruption, you find the most unexpected God, who fulfils your longings in the most unexpected ways.
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