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His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, the Most Humble Philosopher Alive
Mar 5, 2013, 2:11:33 PM3/5/13
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On Mar 4, 4:36 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Monday, March 4, 2013 8:02:31 AM UTC-8, His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
>
> > Dinosaurs --though terrifying-- were mighty stupid. Ants are smarter
> > by comparison.
>
> Seems like a mighty stupid assertion you just made.
Well, it seems to prove the value of cooperation. Once you study
myrmecology (study of the ants) you'll realize I'm right...
"Unthinking submission to the communal will promotes the fitness of
the members of the tribe. Even submission to secular religions and
cults involve willing subordination of the individual to the group.
Religious practices confer biological advantages."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson
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Oh wow, religious practices have their advantages --submission-- as
well as their risks. We are going down a dead-end evolutionary path.
We will overwhelm the planet and destroy the very environment that
sustains us. Unless we learn to behave in more cooperative ways for
the sake of Nature itself, we'll go down the path of the dinosaurs. I
see a form of Paganism giving us hope, if not a Humanist ideal.
We were much closer to Nature before this guy called Jesus came
around. I see the Bible being the problem not religion, which, this
article argues, is impossible to eradicate.
What I'm trying to say is that we are in deep shit and we better find
a solution.
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> On Monday, March 4, 2013 8:02:31 AM UTC-8, His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
>
> > Dinosaurs --though terrifying-- were mighty stupid. Ants are smarter
> > by comparison.
>
> Seems like a mighty stupid assertion you just made.
Well, it seems to prove the value of cooperation. Once you study
myrmecology (study of the ants) you'll realize I'm right...
"Unthinking submission to the communal will promotes the fitness of
the members of the tribe. Even submission to secular religions and
cults involve willing subordination of the individual to the group.
Religious practices confer biological advantages."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson
***
Oh wow, religious practices have their advantages --submission-- as
well as their risks. We are going down a dead-end evolutionary path.
We will overwhelm the planet and destroy the very environment that
sustains us. Unless we learn to behave in more cooperative ways for
the sake of Nature itself, we'll go down the path of the dinosaurs. I
see a form of Paganism giving us hope, if not a Humanist ideal.
We were much closer to Nature before this guy called Jesus came
around. I see the Bible being the problem not religion, which, this
article argues, is impossible to eradicate.
What I'm trying to say is that we are in deep shit and we better find
a solution.
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http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
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