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- From: mcdermot@mdd.comm.mot.com (Steven McDermott)
- Subject: Re: God doesn't exist
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- References: <ked-240193222625@m248-104.bgsu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:22:13 GMT
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- In article <ked-240193222625@m248-104.bgsu.edu>, ked@2001.bgsu.edu (Burly)
- wrote:
- > I don't want to knock God's existence. I would like to be a believer.
- > Someone out there convience me that he's out there and that he does exist.
-
- There is about 4000 years worth of philosophical argumentation, covering
- just about any perspective you can think of, so why dredge up the same old
- arguments, or worse yet, encourage budding philosophers to introduce a new
- slew of fallacious logic. Try instead the study of Physical Anthropology.
- Primate->Homonid->Homo Sapiens s.p evolution pretty much decides the issue.
- Nearly all of what the divintiy school types are trying to prove becomes
- superfluous in the face of evidence from anthropology. The interesting
- subject becomes the evolution of culture, values, behavior, psychology,
- ideas, etc. In that context religion becomes interesting again. But leave
- the existence of god(s) out of it, they are not needed to account for
- anything, values included. Although the mechanisms of god worship and the
- evolution of culture are fascinating subjects. Unfortunately, too many
- people are interested in proving the existence of god(s) so that they can
- justify a particular brand of morality.
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- "That which does not destroy me makes me stronger" ╤- Nietzsche
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