A physical "thing" is an entity within the dimensions of time and space; however, TRUTH is not tangible and therefore does not occupy or exist in either time or space. Well, let me rephrase that, truth is everywhere at the same time. Two sticks taking together will always be two no matter if you...
I'm not really looking for a specific religion or a time period in which it originated as I am in the conditions of which is originated. Why it came about, and if its existence is necessary as a result?
I love cats:smile: So...correct me if I'm wrong, but by "religion is directly related to...
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The need to obtain what exactly? You have nicely defined religion, but you haven't said anything on the subject of the origins. You seem to say religion is false and that there was a creator, at the same time. I agree that religion came about as a result of Je pense donc je...
To me, it seems, that if it is not tangible it doesn't exist outside of your mind, yours meaning YOURS alone.
If you deduce these theories and such from nothing, they are what we call universal laws, they aren't in nothing they are in everything. Two sets of two sticks put together will...
Let's take a step back and re-align ourselves with the topic
Back to the original topic. Could religion be instilled in us through evolution as a way of allowing us to have intelligence and consciousness and not kill ourselves in large amounts?
It has been established that my reasoning needs...
No no no, evolution wasn't what I intended to stress as the point of life.
Increase fitness, I'm not sure if this holds very well. By fitness I'm just going to assume physically. You can see the flaws in this, obesity comes to mind immediately and most likely dominates the argument against...
Grabbing land, no doubt..woman though? That is a stretch. Look at Preists, they don't mate with too many woman.
Certainly religion didn't start as a justification of murder though? I think there are just too many peaceful religions and people for this idea to hold water. While I agree that...
Zantra, that is exactly what I was getting at.
I know that when you first start learning a language you think tremebundus means trembling, and when you read that you read trembling, not tremebundus. I think it is interesting when you "cross over" and start reading tremebundus instead of...
Excellent, I certainly will.
The only flaw that I can readily see in this idea is that perhaps people aren't as inclined to self-destruction as they appear.
Tell me if you think this is a possibility:
It came to me in Church today. Could religion be instilled in us through evolution as a way of allowing us to have intelligence and consciousness and not kill ourselves in large amounts?
If everybody realized that there was no point to life aside...
I just recently delved into a new Langauge [Latin] and this question ran through my mind.
How does learning a language differ from learning just any other information? Certianly there is a different process that must take place for one to learn language and actually think in that language...
As viewed in light of evolution, these positions would fullfil the purpose of the hair quite well:smile:
The question is not the absurdity of the position as much as it is the effectiveness. Of course 'pubic hair' on the 'forehead' would seem weird, but it would be effective and we would not...
So, as you seem to imply in your later post, this form of attraction have become obsolete. Why hasn't evolution removed this hair from us?
Also, why do humans have so much less hair then their earlier family?
I had heard a while ago that this hair 'captured' pheromones to attract others...
First of all, I want to know why people have hair in general, warmth and protection come to mind, specifically on the head. I would also like to ask someone to adress the weirdest place, IMHO, to have hair; that being pubic hair. I can't think of one good reason why males and females alike have...