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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 01:53 PM Original message |
Fascinating article from Salon.com on the evolution of religion. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, this is the Argument Clinic |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Well, I'm sure the article (if read) is within those guidelines. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Very grownup approach. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. It seems to me |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It seems to me that any argument about "God" is theoretical. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "The evidence is that, indeed, most people do believe..." |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. But, under that rubric, aren't all of us, and most creatures responding to "operant conditioning"? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Made up answers to made up questions |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Why isn't sexual selection a good enough explanation for smiles? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Could be. But, that's also speculation. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. What you call "aestheticism" may actually be based on inherited sets of preferences for mating. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was just about to post something similar. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You're right |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. She's not doing science. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. "You live religion. You don't talk about it. Certain questions -- Do you believe in God? Do you ... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-01-07 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have a great deal of respect for Karen Armstrong's work... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-02-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. The article is somewhat interesting...but I think this researcher tends to over-speculate. |
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