stevestory
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Quote | 14 rvb8July 2, 2016 at 10:34 pm I have a ‘religious’ response to many things Andre, as I know that religion has been a great benefit in our evolution as a species. My KJ Bible is never far from my desk and I read it often. So, if in my writing if you detect religious overtures, that is because they are there. However, I refuse the obvious nonsense in said book, and only accept the good and humane teachings; of which there are many. In the first five books of the Bible, Moses refers to himself as the most ‘humble’ servant of God. Now, isn’t it odd that the author, referring to himself, in the third person, should say of himself that he is the most ‘humble’ of God’s servants. I like the tale, but know it to be a tale. He then of course proceeds on to mass exterminations and enslavements of the most ‘unhumble’ kind. So, in conclusion, yes!, I use religious language because that is how we ‘evolved’ to communicate.
| Quote | 15 MungJuly 2, 2016 at 10:38 pm So, in conclusion, yes!, I use religious language because that is how we ‘evolved’ to communicate.
Physical law and chance just happened to cause us to evolve to use religious language in order to communicate.
How miraculous is that?
| Quote | 16 rvb8July 2, 2016 at 11:30 pm No, the ‘miraculous’ is not necessary! Just the joining together of a social ape into large groups, where a common belief (God), can be used to mould their social behaviour, to the reproductive success of all members of that group. Of course now that science has confirmed this view it is time to let God go, and keep the literature and history. This may be impossible, as the religious impulse has shaped our brains over hundreds of thousands of years; but some have been able to ditch God. | rvb8 is probly not going to be at UD long
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