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To: Soliton
Some people believe that religion is a mental security blanket that makes living possible for most people and that it evolved for that purpose.

Yes, I read that earlier today, on a different thread-article that you posted. I thought it was too ridiculous to respond to then, but I'll respond now: The whole premise that the "idea" of religion can "evolve" reeks of Carl Jung, and I thought Jungian philosophy died a much-deserved death several decades ago. Is this a revival of it?

82 posted on 06/30/2008 12:23:29 PM PDT by Flycatcher (Strong copy for a strong America)
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To: Flycatcher
The whole premise that the "idea" of religion can "evolve" reeks of Carl Jung

No it reeks of Richard Dawkins. Good guess though. Jung was about archetypes and racial memory. Dawkins was about memes with survival value

88 posted on 06/30/2008 12:27:11 PM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: Flycatcher
The whole premise that the "idea" of religion can "evolve" reeks of Carl Jung

No it reeks of Richard Dawkins. Good guess though. Jung was about archetypes and racial memory. Dawkins was about memes with survival value

89 posted on 06/30/2008 12:27:16 PM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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