Philosophy

david.byrne59

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10. Totally....totally....totally....nope :)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 05:42 PM

Feb 2017

I think humans are hard-wired for religion for the purpose of explaining the unexplainable. As science has progress the things that were once attributed to the gods were rationally accounted for and so were no longer attributed to the gods....but the rest of the unexplained stuff was (and still is). To a degree, fear of the unknown has pushed the advancement of science as much as it once did the belief in a higher power...

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Are Humans hard-wired for religion as a natural form of [View all] annabanana Nov 2015 OP

You mean if people didn't "worship" they'd..... procreate? Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #1

No.. They just kill each other in mass quantities to prove the superiority of "their" god...n/t annabanana Nov 2015 #2

I think males in particular are hard-wired for the biological imperative. yallerdawg Nov 2015 #3

Maybe it was unintended for differing belief systems annabanana Nov 2015 #4

Not sure Conch Jan 2016 #5

By biological imperative... yallerdawg Jan 2016 #7

Not in my opinion. Conch Jan 2016 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #8

I think hard-wired kairos12 Mar 2016 #9

Totally....totally....totally....nope :) david.byrne59 Feb 2017 #10

I would say psychologically hard wired. gagelle Feb 2017 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author defacto7 Jan 2019 #14

wired muhamed g May 2017 #12

It started as seeking but is a tool for human impulses realmirage Nov 2018 #13

I would say hard-wired to kairos12 Feb 2019 #15