Posted on 12/13/2004 10:00:21 AM PST by Matchett-PI
TALKING: Author and behavioral geneticist Dean Hamer talks at his home in Washington. (Washington Post photo by Juana Arias)
Are humans programmed to worship? Author says people have genetic propensity toward religious belief
By Bill Broadway The Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- Dean Hamer has received much criticism for his new book, "The God Gene: How Faith is Hardwired Into Our Genes."
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Ah yes ~ what a wonderful goal: existing.
I'm in a-full-tilt-boogie-dance with life!
And life is great!
"A bottomless hole in one's heart can only be filled by that which is infinite."
Well said.
(Democrats are to morals what a burn pile is to art.)
One kind of silly analogy is this:
Everyone has a different hand of cards - some are rich, some poor, some ill, some with strong constitutions, different countries, etc etc.
But we still have free will on exactly what we do with the cards.
Perfect!
Umm, no. You're dodging the issues, and in a smugly arrogant fashion at that. I'm trying to show you in a reasonable fashion that there is a manner in which we do not have choices about things.
You can play cutesie all you want. I figure you're either ignorant or willfully divisive.
I was giving you the benefit of the doubt.
The statement stands. Man chooses according to his strongest desire at the time of choice. You took issue with this statement, but you've given no reasonable argument to back it up.
We each are forced to be either a man or a woman, to have bodies that age, get cold, hot, hungry, tired, etc etc. We are forced to obey certain social and legal guidelines or suffer some sort of consequences, and natural laws or suffer consequences.
I have to breathe in, and then out, constantly. Don't you?
As I said ~ wish your life away ~ I chose not to.
Enjoy your fantasies!
I'm not a good scripture quoter.
Another way to put it would be that our longing for love, for rest, for shelter, for protection, for happiness - can only be found when we seek those in God. When we seek those in the world, we will invariably be disappointed, heart broken, lonely, lost, and ultimately, we will die alone, not knowing our destination.
You can choose to stop breathing ~ it's called suicide.
Moral Absolutes Ping.
I don't think I pinged the list on this one. Hardly much article at all, but a lively discussion. Weigh in if you're do inclined.
Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.
Let me know when you have anything meaningful and/or reasonable to say. I'll be right here, and if I "wish" I'll respond. Either way, your desire will dictate whether or not you do so.
Have a nice day.
My day is perfect ~ sorry you don't "get it". *sigh*
Sinners are not seeking love. They are seeking sin. None of us were seeking God. We were seeking sin because we hated God.
Psalm 14:2-3
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
The idea that a person was really seeking God is a false teaching. It flatters the sinner and gives him a part in his own salvation.
Not one perosn on the face of the earth seeks God until God grants that person repentance
Don't take this as a personal attack on you. I just hate the traditions of men that are taught in todays church.
We'll have to agree to disagree.
'Soul' and 'spirit' are two English translations of just one Greek word. There is no 'soul' vs 'spirit' distinction in the Greek.
I've sometimes wondered just what his religion is. An unfocused deism mixed with the power of positive thinking and at least three of the seven deadly sins is probably about right.
Science isn't his strong suit, and sometimes reading comprehension isn't as well.
That Prophet of Doom site is just pushing it's own barrow. The information therein might be more informative if it were objective instead it comes across as bitter. The chapter on Noah for instance lambasts the Islamic account for being fantastic...well duh..it's a bloody story. In any case the biblical version is hardly any less ridiculous and it too was copied from the Epic of Giglamesh. Who needs crap like this? We only have to look at the behaivour of its adherents to understand the shortcomings of Islam.
"Words mean things. Enjoy your ignorance. :)"
And they do.
It was a pleasure to read your intelligent posts.
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