Re: virus: Religion

C.A. Cook (coreycook12@email.msn.com)
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 18:04:40 -0500


Wade wrote:
>>Regarding the history of man and religion, I have begun
>>to suspect that the "need for religion", and not just the
>>buttons that religion pushes, might be contained in the
>>genetic code.
>
>(Um, what's the difference?)

Sorry, inexact wording again. I meant to say worship, not
religion. Not nessessarily worship of a god or whatnot, but
the ceremony and rituals.

>Or has the inrush of culture and the class system coming
>with it created this survival mechanism? Do _you_ need
>a god to survive? No, you bloody well don't. Does a culture?
>Well, some of 'em do, especially the ones with priests....
>
>Gee, I wonder why that is...?

Screw gods, everyone just gets hung up over that. Are there
cultures without religious ceremonies and rituals?

>>CA Cook ,LF
>Left field?

Nope.

CA Cook, LF
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