!!!! There are no words to describe my excitement, my awe, my wonder, my happiness at the world right now. (Well, excuse me--my view of the world. Or is it all a matter of my extream positive thinking? Anyways...)
I have just finished reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins--next book, The Blind Watchmaker!
--and this book has literally changed my life.
I am feeling a sense of wonder about the natural world, and so amazed about how the human mind works and the evolution of religion, of languages--I read things in this book that I would have never thought of without Dawkins!
There is aprticular paragraph in chapter 5, The Roots of Religion:
"...I am a human animal and therefore evolved as an instinctive dualist. The idea that there is a me perched somewhere behind my eyes..is deeply ingrained in me and in every other human being, whatever our intellectual pretentions to monism...especially children.
"Children are especially likely to assign purpose to everything...called teleology...and many never grow out of it."
So, with these two points in mind: children are natural dualists, teleologists and [creationists]. (I know it didn't mention creationism in the passage, but I made the conclusion from those two points--dualism + teleology = creationism. May be incorrect, but that's me.) Many adults use this for of psychology in religion because they didn't grow out of those childish ways of thinking. Halfway through the book, I threw aside my views of dualism, teleology, and creationism; I grew up.
Don't get me wrong--I'm not saying that it was wrong of me to think in that manner for so long. I'm actually glad that I went through those stages so that I can be who I am today. Kind of like my childhood; my mamma wasn't very nice, but you know how the old saying goes--'that which does not kill you makes you stronger.'
So, now I am just so happy--I feel good all the time now! It's awesome!
I've got The Blind Watchmaker and this book about the complexity of life(I forget the title), and I'm gonna read a few more of Dawkins's books.
Celebration! *throws confetti*
<3
I have just finished reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins--next book, The Blind Watchmaker!
--and this book has literally changed my life.I am feeling a sense of wonder about the natural world, and so amazed about how the human mind works and the evolution of religion, of languages--I read things in this book that I would have never thought of without Dawkins!
There is aprticular paragraph in chapter 5, The Roots of Religion:
"...I am a human animal and therefore evolved as an instinctive dualist. The idea that there is a me perched somewhere behind my eyes..is deeply ingrained in me and in every other human being, whatever our intellectual pretentions to monism...especially children.
"Children are especially likely to assign purpose to everything...called teleology...and many never grow out of it."
So, with these two points in mind: children are natural dualists, teleologists and [creationists]. (I know it didn't mention creationism in the passage, but I made the conclusion from those two points--dualism + teleology = creationism. May be incorrect, but that's me.) Many adults use this for of psychology in religion because they didn't grow out of those childish ways of thinking. Halfway through the book, I threw aside my views of dualism, teleology, and creationism; I grew up.
Don't get me wrong--I'm not saying that it was wrong of me to think in that manner for so long. I'm actually glad that I went through those stages so that I can be who I am today. Kind of like my childhood; my mamma wasn't very nice, but you know how the old saying goes--'that which does not kill you makes you stronger.'
So, now I am just so happy--I feel good all the time now! It's awesome!
I've got The Blind Watchmaker and this book about the complexity of life(I forget the title), and I'm gonna read a few more of Dawkins's books.
Celebration! *throws confetti*
<3
