Thank you. I'm much clearer on what you were arguing now.
I am also not aware of a theist's flipside to Dennett's "belief in belief"--that disbelieving in God has value. I speculate that that might be because it's clearly not true: the social/psychological benefit of religious belief is so empirically obvious that even many atheists see it. Indeed, the closest I can get to a claim about the social/psychological benefit of disbelief is from atheists claiming it will make people happier to not believe in sin and/or punishment for sin.
Thank you. I'm much clearer on what you were arguing now.
I am also not aware of a theist's flipside to Dennett's "belief in belief"--that disbelieving in God has value. I speculate that that might be because it's clearly not true: the social/psychological benefit of religious belief is so empirically obvious that even many atheists see it. Indeed, the closest I can get to a claim about the social/psychological benefit of disbelief is from atheists claiming it will make people happier to not believe in sin and/or punishment for sin.
So, solid point!