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Darwinist thinking on the origin of religion (the Temple of Darwin wants to explain your religion)
Science Literature ^
| November 9, 2009
| David Tyler, Ph.D.
Posted on 11/10/2009 2:53:21 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
This topic forces us to assess the relationship between science and spirituality: is the invisible spiritual realm generated from the material or should it be considered as having a separate existence? Is religion a phenomenon that can ultimately be explained by science in naturalistic ways, or does religion represent a dimension of reality that cannot be directly probed by the methodologies of science? In an essay in Science, Elizabeth Culotta writes: ...
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To: GodGunsGuts
The minute I see religion, new religion, etc. I see another pocket picker who wants to control my life, my money and my well being ...
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posted on
11/10/2009 2:58:33 PM PST
by
fujimoh
To: GodGunsGuts
"The materialist who debunks everyone elses ideas as the subrational products of their brain chemistry or environment cannot avoid being debunked himself. If he is honest, says C.S. Lewis, the materialist will have to admit that his own ideas are merely the epiphe-nomenon which accompanies chemical or electrical events in a cortex which is itself the by-product of a blind evolutionary process. If all thoughts are merely the products of non-rational causes, this includes the materialists own thoughts. In other words, there is no reason according to materialism for materialism itself to be regarded as true.
To: metmom; DaveLoneRanger; editor-surveyor; betty boop; Alamo-Girl; MrB; GourmetDan; Fichori; ...
To: fujimoh
The minute I see religion, new religion, etc. I see another pocket picker who wants to control my life, my money and my well being ...
Sounds like the government to me
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posted on
11/10/2009 3:04:35 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(concerned conservative.)
To: HerrBlucher
And yet, this obvious point rarely seems to occur to the materialist.
To: HerrBlucher
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posted on
11/10/2009 3:26:45 PM PST
by
rae4palin
To: GodGunsGuts
To: HerrBlucher; GodGunsGuts
Perfect, and the pretensious idea that naturalism is somehow the default, sterile, apolitical, non-ideological, non-liberal position is ridiculously quite laughable.
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posted on
11/10/2009 8:27:27 PM PST
by
tpanther
(Science was, is and will forever be a small subset of God's creation.)
To: tpanther
Haven’t see you for a little while, tpanther. Good to see you back. Hope all is well with you and yours :o)
To: GodGunsGuts
Why are you in the Religion forum?
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posted on
11/10/2009 8:57:02 PM PST
by
ColdWater
("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
To: ColdWater
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posted on
11/10/2009 9:05:08 PM PST
by
LocDoc
To: GodGunsGuts
Religions evolve just as living and non-living entities evolve.
A good reference for that is in Will Durant’s “The Story of Civilizaation,” volume 1.
To: HerrBlucher
there is no reason according to materialism for materialism itself to be regarded as true. Gotta love ol' C.S.!
I've heard this used when someone claims all truth is relative. That there is no absolute truth. What can their response be when you ask, "Is what you are saying a true statement?" uhhhh.....
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posted on
11/11/2009 8:40:19 PM PST
by
boatbums
(Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life!)
To: GodGunsGuts; metmom
“Havent see you for a little while, tpanther. Good to see you back. Hope all is well with you and yours :o) “
Thanks, less free time these days...more on-call, etc. etc. etc.
Keep up the good work!
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posted on
11/12/2009 11:31:02 AM PST
by
tpanther
(Science was, is and will forever be a small subset of God's creation.)
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