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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mitch Blevins who wrote (5225)	12/19/2000 11:39:10 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

The sense of identity is a construct of our minds created (as you noted) by children around the age of 4. I'd clarify that this understanding of others is developed as a separate identity and distinct from the "me". I think even very young children (< 6 months) know that THEY are hungry or THEY have a wet diaper. It is only when they recognize that there are OTHERS (they social smile as early as a few days and certainly by 3 months) that the practical limitations of being dependent upon those OTHERS requires a cosmology that includes principle number 2 and, to be successful, the higher principles, 3 through 7. Why do you believe this precipitates a rejection of spirituality and moral principles? Those, I believe, come from a cognitive understanding of enlightened self-interest. Morality AND spirituality is a logical choice and, IMO, can be based upon empirical observations (principles 3 and 4). I'll have to read that book. That experiment is fascinating. Sort of supports my notion of the mind-created universe. Imagine feeling pain from a "imaginary" input, or hypnotic rejection of pain to a "real" input? It is the same principle but in reverse. I've seen video of people having surgery with hypnosis. Weird.