Re: Origin of Religion

From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed 25 Dec 2002 - 22:43:05 GMT

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    Kenneth:

    "Yes, maybe, but IMO religion is only one of the elements that can bound people together into a group. Good leadership, love, sexual attraction, and whatever can easily act as catalysator too.  You will find that I am not that keen on that group-selection aspect, the survival- value is more important, if that is accompliched into the form of a group, fine with me, but saying that religion and only religion is the fact that matters, I don 't agree."

    IMHO religion is an outgrowth of tribal custom and the creation of narrative to sustain it. 

    Grant


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