This seems to be about how religions spread

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Post #278,731

by Seamus

3/18/07 4:14:03 PM

This seems to be about how religions spread

Even if you don't have religions till large groups of people amass, what happens to the small groups of people? Do you not think about the supernatural? If they do, what does that mean?

It doesn't appear to address the issue of whether there is a human need for religion that is genetic.

Seamus

Post #278,738

by hnick

3/18/07 4:44:26 PM

That's the qualification

If you have small groups of people that don't interact with others, they will have limited or nil religions. If they interact with other groups (think tribes) then you still have a larger population, albeit disbursed.

As long as you have intelligent beings, there will be speculation about the unknown. Only when there is a leadership structure, is there a need to have a pat answer to explain the ineffable. The easiest answer is a black box. Historically, the box is called $deity.

I don't think it any more genetic than general human nature. Which is kind of like saying herd animals tend to herd. It's just a tool. The Chinese had warlords; hundreds of gods, but who cared? Pray to the kitchen god, but watch out for the warlord. Different values based on the most likely way to survive.

Just my 0.02
Hugh

Jesus' tomb and Darwin's God - (Seamus) - (80) - March 16, 2007, 02:16:46 PM EDT

Missed it. - (Another Scott) - (3) - March 16, 2007, 07:37:10 PM EDT

I saw it - (bionerd) - (2) - March 16, 2007, 08:00:26 PM EDT

One of the inscriptions is in dispute. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 16, 2007, 08:13:50 PM EDT

I bet they all made dough, though. -NT - (jake123) - March 16, 2007, 10:51:06 PM EDT

Did you watch the "discussion" afterwards? - (folkert) - (54) - March 16, 2007, 11:15:05 PM EDT

Exodus Decoded was another one . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 16, 2007, 11:21:48 PM EDT

With the big... - (folkert) - March 16, 2007, 11:33:20 PM EDT

I didn't watch any of it - (Seamus) - (51) - March 17, 2007, 10:09:16 AM EDT

Missed that, too. - (Another Scott) - March 17, 2007, 10:40:57 AM EDT

Talk to a psychologist. - (static) - (49) - March 18, 2007, 04:08:33 AM EDT

But is it genetic? - (Seamus) - (48) - March 18, 2007, 06:49:24 AM EDT

It was/is advantageous to some. - (pwhysall) - (39) - March 18, 2007, 07:40:02 AM EDT

It it is genetic - (Seamus) - (38) - March 18, 2007, 09:56:37 AM EDT

think about it, do chimps sit around discussing imagination? - (boxley) - (5) - March 18, 2007, 11:19:48 AM EDT

what do chimps think about - (Seamus) - (4) - March 18, 2007, 11:27:41 AM EDT

nope, spent a pleasant hour with npr while a english major - (boxley) - (2) - March 18, 2007, 12:12:48 PM EDT

I wasn't expecting an answer - (Seamus) - (1) - March 18, 2007, 01:02:03 PM EDT

what evolutionary split? :-) -NT - (boxley) - March 18, 2007, 09:47:24 PM EDT

A better question might be, What does Ballmer think about? - (Another Scott) - March 18, 2007, 10:15:02 PM EDT

We are God - (bionerd) - (29) - March 18, 2007, 12:37:38 PM EDT

We create our own God - (Seamus) - (28) - March 18, 2007, 01:04:20 PM EDT

No. We create are own reality. - (bionerd) - (19) - March 18, 2007, 01:18:47 PM EDT

My reality involves... - (ChrisR) - (6) - March 18, 2007, 01:38:11 PM EDT

If you think it, it will come. -NT - (bionerd) - (3) - March 18, 2007, 01:42:47 PM EDT

Think of me often then, please. -NT - (jake123) - (2) - March 18, 2007, 08:26:39 PM EDT

<phantom type="opera">Think of me softly ...</phantom> -NT - (drewk) - March 18, 2007, 08:52:07 PM EDT

Will do -NT - (bionerd) - March 18, 2007, 10:43:48 PM EDT

God help us all... - (jb4) - March 18, 2007, 09:08:52 PM EDT

Depends on the state of your Thetans. -NT - (imric) - March 18, 2007, 10:28:29 PM EDT

So I get to send my complaints to you? - (Seamus) - (7) - March 18, 2007, 02:08:03 PM EDT

Well, let's think this through. - (bionerd) - (6) - March 18, 2007, 02:44:24 PM EDT

Is this all there is? - (Seamus) - (5) - March 18, 2007, 02:57:03 PM EDT

Isnt that enough? -NT - (bionerd) - (4) - March 18, 2007, 03:29:50 PM EDT

What if it isn't? -NT - (Seamus) - (3) - March 18, 2007, 03:42:34 PM EDT

It works for me. -NT - (bionerd) - (2) - March 18, 2007, 04:26:40 PM EDT

Guess I will have to make it work for me! -NT - (Seamus) - (1) - March 18, 2007, 04:37:58 PM EDT

It's good to be queen. -NT - (bionerd) - March 18, 2007, 10:45:08 PM EDT

By Jove, I think.. I think.. - (Ashton) - (3) - March 19, 2007, 11:13:33 PM EDT

But . . but . . but . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 19, 2007, 11:28:00 PM EDT

Easy: contrarian Ferrari owners give good head ;^> -NT - (Ashton) - March 19, 2007, 11:47:42 PM EDT

Yep. It's my new philosphy - (bionerd) - March 20, 2007, 09:15:12 AM EDT

Dupe. Ignore. Fast fingers. -NT - (bionerd) - March 18, 2007, 01:19:33 PM EDT

I've killed mine - as an example to the rest of you -NT - (tuberculosis) - (6) - March 19, 2007, 01:57:48 AM EDT

Maybe that's why you're so cranky - (bionerd) - (5) - March 19, 2007, 06:28:24 AM EDT

If you meet the Buddha on the way, kill him. -NT - (tuberculosis) - (4) - March 19, 2007, 10:52:29 PM EDT

No way, man - (bionerd) - (3) - March 19, 2007, 10:59:59 PM EDT

Sigh - its a koan - (tuberculosis) - (2) - March 19, 2007, 11:03:06 PM EDT

Tricky -NT - (bionerd) - March 19, 2007, 11:04:41 PM EDT

OT: a most succinct, apt, saucy sig, se\ufffdor. Count me in.. -NT - (Ashton) - March 19, 2007, 11:17:55 PM EDT

Which genes do that, then? - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 18, 2007, 02:14:11 PM EDT

It is just one theory - (Seamus) - March 18, 2007, 03:09:42 PM EDT

I don't know. - (static) - March 18, 2007, 08:03:57 AM EDT

Not sure if this addresses it, but - (crazy) - March 18, 2007, 09:03:33 AM EDT

I would think not. - (hnick) - (5) - March 18, 2007, 02:19:17 PM EDT

Faust! - (Another Scott) - (2) - March 18, 2007, 02:41:31 PM EDT

That's why I included his name - (hnick) - (1) - March 18, 2007, 04:28:29 PM EDT

Love. It. - (Ashton) - March 20, 2007, 12:36:22 AM EDT

This seems to be about how religions spread - (Seamus) - (1) - March 18, 2007, 04:14:03 PM EDT

That's the qualification - (hnick) - March 18, 2007, 04:44:26 PM EDT

It wasn't the shocker they were predicting. - (static) - (5) - March 17, 2007, 06:15:48 AM EDT

If it were the real-deal - (bionerd) - (4) - March 17, 2007, 10:00:27 AM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (Steve Lowe) - March 17, 2007, 01:20:54 PM EDT

Oh, Indeed! - (Ashton) - March 20, 2007, 12:12:09 AM EDT

The DaVinci Code - (imqwerky) - (1) - March 20, 2007, 08:29:30 AM EDT

Yabut - (bionerd) - March 20, 2007, 09:14:14 AM EDT

Show me the Zombie - (Silverlock) - (14) - March 17, 2007, 04:14:45 PM EDT

If Jesus gets up. - (mmoffitt) - (13) - March 26, 2007, 03:02:10 PM EDT

define ghost please -NT - (boxley) - (6) - March 26, 2007, 03:15:27 PM EDT

Life after death. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (5) - March 27, 2007, 08:18:55 AM EDT

define death then - (boxley) - (4) - March 27, 2007, 09:41:45 AM EDT

Cessation of electrical activity in the brain... - (pwhysall) - (3) - March 27, 2007, 12:09:56 PM EDT

thats not death thats transformation - (boxley) - (2) - March 27, 2007, 12:27:49 PM EDT

Yes, it's death. - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 27, 2007, 01:48:05 PM EDT

Nit. - (mmoffitt) - March 27, 2007, 03:53:26 PM EDT

Dude, I said "if". - (Silverlock) - (2) - March 26, 2007, 04:47:21 PM EDT

Dude, I thought my comment was in line w/yours. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - March 27, 2007, 08:18:26 AM EDT

Probably similar. - (Silverlock) - March 27, 2007, 11:01:07 AM EDT

I do - (bionerd) - (2) - March 26, 2007, 06:03:14 PM EDT

Ignore - (pwhysall) - March 27, 2007, 01:49:42 AM EDT

Why do you believe in ghosts? (new thread) - (pwhysall) - March 27, 2007, 01:49:58 AM EDT

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