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    Thread: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Post: RE: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
(August 5, 2015 at 3:52 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote: (August 5, 2015 at 11:50 am)rainmac Wrote: Is human agency detection different from other mammals' agency detection? Why is it that humans' agency...
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 5, 2015 at 6:38 pm
    Thread: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Post: RE: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
(August 5, 2015 at 2:23 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: (August 5, 2015 at 11:50 am)rainmac Wrote: Is human agency detection different from other mammals' agency detection? Why is it that humans' agency detecti...
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 5, 2015 at 5:37 pm
    Thread: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Post: RE: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
(August 4, 2015 at 10:20 am)Clueless Morgan Wrote: I'm surprised that a #3 isn't included that mentions phenomena like pareidolia, apophenia and agency-detection coupled with the human capacity for ...
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 5, 2015 at 11:50 am
    Thread: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Post: RE: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
(August 5, 2015 at 1:30 am)Redbeard The Pink Wrote: (August 5, 2015 at 12:44 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: Well congratulations on finally laying god belief as charlatanism to rest once and for ...
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 5, 2015 at 2:39 am
    Thread: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Post: RE: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
(August 4, 2015 at 3:49 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: What I meant to point at was some routing issues with the giraffes blood system which I've read others argue as proof that the giraffe did evo...
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 4, 2015 at 7:44 pm
    Thread: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Post: RE: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
(August 4, 2015 at 12:32 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: This way of putting it is a lot like speculating why a species has evolved the way it has.  In both cases no intention was involved.  Religio...
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 4, 2015 at 2:42 pm
    Thread: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Post: RE: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
That reasonably deals with #1 but #2? A lot of people ride the social cohesion bandwagon.
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 4, 2015 at 2:11 am
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Post: Evolutionary Theories of Religion
The most popular theories for why humans have religion are: 1. To answer the existential mysteries--Why do we die? What is our purpose in life? How did the zebra get its stripes, etc... 2. To increase...
 rainmac Religion 44 7960 August 4, 2015 at 1:41 am