Explanation, God, and the Unconscious

When we come across a state of affairs we cannot explain, we have at least two choices. We can attribute the state of affairs to god's will, and go blithely on our way, or we can begin the arduous task of discovering an explanation.

Most would agree that the unconscious is a part of our mental framework. There is a difference between claiming a mental event arose from the unconscious and explaining how and why it arose. Once again, we are stuck with the arduous task of discovering an explanation.

Thus we find the search for explanations, although arduous, a tonic for two pseudo scientific sets of beliefs: Creationism and Pop Psychoanalysis.

One of the problems with beliefs is having enough time to investigate from whence they came and how they are maintained. However, some beliefs matter, and it is worth the time to investigate when one can.