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Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion'
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion'
Well first I would say to you that love is an abstract concept, and if very easily explained (in evolutionary theory) in that that it makes perfect sense to form very strong bonds with your social group. When humans were still hunter gatherers in dangerous environments, groups which had reciprocal altruism would do better than a group whose members couldn't care less about each other. This also ties in to parental/offspring relationships- in a species where the birthed young are few, it makes more sense for the parents to invest a significant amount of time in their few offpring (compared to a species with 100 eggs, for example).

But in actual fact, i'm not disagreeing with you- I'm saying that you've hit the nail on the head. I don't think you can prove or disprove god, what is frustrating to me about Psalm's posts is his absolute certainty ("I've proven God exists. The creation of human life is enough evidence an intelligent creator existed prior to the creation of life.") that he's right, and only his way is true way. It's silly to me to think we can be so certain about anything. Of course, if you press me, I'll say I don't believe in God, and I'll mean it in exactly the same way I'll tell you I don't believe in ghosts or wizards. But am I certain? No, I could be wrong and I admit it.
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Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by leo-rcc - December 2, 2008 at 10:20 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 2, 2008 at 4:05 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by bozo - December 2, 2008 at 4:08 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by CoxRox - December 3, 2008 at 11:31 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by LukeMC - December 4, 2008 at 12:32 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by CoxRox - December 3, 2008 at 11:43 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by CoxRox - December 3, 2008 at 12:15 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 3, 2008 at 4:45 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 4, 2008 at 3:02 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 4, 2008 at 3:43 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 4, 2008 at 3:18 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 4, 2008 at 10:53 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 4, 2008 at 11:41 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by LukeMC - December 5, 2008 at 12:16 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 9, 2008 at 5:08 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by LukeMC - December 6, 2008 at 10:56 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 5, 2008 at 6:50 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by LukeMC - December 5, 2008 at 11:54 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 5, 2008 at 11:44 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 6, 2008 at 12:18 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by bozo - December 6, 2008 at 2:57 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 10, 2008 at 3:18 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 6, 2008 at 5:19 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 9, 2008 at 9:56 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 9, 2008 at 10:04 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 9, 2008 at 10:11 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 9, 2008 at 10:29 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 9, 2008 at 10:45 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 10, 2008 at 3:14 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Daystar - December 10, 2008 at 11:22 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by bozo - December 11, 2008 at 8:23 pm
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Daystar - December 13, 2008 at 11:14 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by Baird - December 11, 2008 at 5:52 am
RE: Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion' - by lukec - December 11, 2008 at 2:40 am

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