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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (10121)	11/22/2010 8:32:31 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Where is the evidence for religion in non-human species? I think the opposite to be the case - instinct for religion is clearly related to our capacity for reason.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (10121)	11/22/2010 10:00:13 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

"I think that the religious impulse is one of the last great holdovers of our prehuman animal nature. We have an instinct for religion that has little to do with our newfound capacity for reason." No doubt. I think the most primal beginnings are rooted in FEAR. Nature is dangerous. Creatures get hurt, creatures suffer, creatures die. The most fundamental purpose of gods is to be appealed to not to hurt (but even better)...what will persuade them to HELP! It was natural to anthropomorphize Nature because to primitive people movement basically meant life. Water had life, trees had life, the sun certainly had life and was in charge of everything... "doubting an engaged deity, taking sole (sic!) responsibility for one's being and doing, requires a special sort of moral courage." It does at first. Putting trust in reason is a learning process