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Just Chat! / Re: new religion topic
« on: 12/12/2005 02:35:59 »quote:
Originally posted by peterclarkequote:
I do find that the concept of God is a useful and simple mental model to guide behaviour.
But that behaviour is often not 'good', especially when it leaves the personal level and becomes a 'religion'. Just think of all the atrocities that are/have been committed in the name of god/religion.
There is an interesting letter in New Scientist this week about goodness, co-operation and self sacrifice for the good of others being a basic evolutionary necessity. The god concept may seem to be useful but it nearly always becomes corrupted into a religion, so it may not be a successful mental model in the context of the survival of the human species.
Peter
YOU PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET THE ****ING POINT SHUT THE **** UP WITH THAT BULL****.
Soul Surfer you are absoulutley right.
What you are saying peter is that they commit the acts of terrorism because of the religion, but if that religion doesn't support the terrorism then they are not following the mandates of that religion.
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug97/865380242.Me.r.html
This guy can explain why we sneeze when we look at the sun... But can he explain why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?