@emlynaddison @jonasarvind - but we've evolved the ability to rationalize behaviors (ie, religion) not necessarily helpful to our genes
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@tadmaster Not rationalize; codify -> Massive difference. We still innately know the difference between right & wrong.@jonasarvind1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tadmaster The discovery of an isolated Amazonian tribe suggests that morality exists far from any religious institutions.@jonasarvind1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emlynaddison right, but anthropologically, what is religion if not an attempt to codify & rationalize complex systems?
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@tadmaster Anthropologically, religion was a social control system: allegories. That doesn't mean snakes can *actually* talk.@jonasarvind1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emlynaddison exactly; religion=control system, morality =mechanism, science=testing framework.
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@jonasarvind and his ilk would have us believe that the mechanism (or, technically, trait) is "god"-given.#MythColoredGlasses@tadmaster1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emlynaddison heh - and any attempt to outgrow their imaginary restraints is an attempt to "stifle the spread of His Word"
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@tadmaster Goes back to my original point: Christians did their own stifling, defended like this: http://twitpic.com/ctd56c@jonasarvind1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@jonasarvind "are we...held accountable for our moral decisions & actions?"
We answer to our/our relatives' genes. Period. @tadmaster
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