Comments on: Does the Anthropic Principle indicate a Creator? http://www.goatstar.org/does-the-anthropic-principle-indicate-a-creator/ A guide from an ex-Christian to Bible errors, Bible contradictions, Bible atrocities, etc... as well as general problems with Christian beliefs Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: capella http://www.goatstar.org/does-the-anthropic-principle-indicate-a-creator/comment-page-1/#comment-146122 capella Fri, 20 May 2011 13:31:36 +0000 http://www.goatstar.org/does-the-anthropic-principle-indicate-a-creator/#comment-146122 When we were in very early childhood before 6 years old, our parents appeared magical to us. Because of our limited grasp on basic everyday ideas, parents seemed to make food appear out of nowhere, they seemed 20 feet tall. They easily spoke this gibberish that other 20 feet tall people could understand and they climbed into big loud things and zoomed around at great speeds (cars). In short, to a toddler a parent controls their universe and is magical. Such is the psychological need for parental figures in us that we have all of our lives, that when many people get older and generally disillusioned with their real parents, they subconsciously look for other such magical appearing parental figures when they imagine gods. That's why people project onto gods very powerful and magical attributes just like they unconsciously remember their parents from when they were little children. Same thing with aliens. I think that many people are fascinated with what they imagine as aliens because they appear magical (fly ultra-advanced supersonic UFOs, interstellar travel, etc...) again, just like our parents appeared to us when we were toddlers. Same thing with angels. Some people like to believe that a powerful angel is following them around, watching over them to protect them, just like our parents did when we were little. Gods, aliens, angels, fairies, etc... They all appear magical just like our parents did to us in early childhood. When we were in very early childhood before 6 years old, our parents appeared magical to us. Because of our limited grasp on basic everyday ideas, parents seemed to make food appear out of nowhere, they seemed 20 feet tall. They easily spoke this gibberish that other 20 feet tall people could understand and they climbed into big loud things and zoomed around at great speeds (cars). In short, to a toddler a parent controls their universe and is magical.

Such is the psychological need for parental figures in us that we have all of our lives, that when many people get older and generally disillusioned with their real parents, they subconsciously look for other such magical appearing parental figures when they imagine gods. That’s why people project onto gods very powerful and magical attributes just like they unconsciously remember their parents from when they were little children.

Same thing with aliens. I think that many people are fascinated with what they imagine as aliens because they appear magical (fly ultra-advanced supersonic UFOs, interstellar travel, etc…) again, just like our parents appeared to us when we were toddlers.

Same thing with angels. Some people like to believe that a powerful angel is following them around, watching over them to protect them, just like our parents did when we were little.

Gods, aliens, angels, fairies, etc… They all appear magical just like our parents did to us in early childhood.

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