http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/04/magazine/04evolution.t.html?ex=1330837200&en=be2b80235e0bbc91&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
I posted a question about this earlier, with a link to a CNN article. Somone posted a MUCH better article! This is from the NY Times and is one of the most profound articles I've read about god belief. I will never be able to forget his analogy god-brains to martians-breasts.
Your thoughts? (And if you're not interested in reading it, don't bother making an assumption about what it's about and posting - thanks)
2007-04-05 15:16:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, for the majority of us, superstitions are pounded into our heads nearly from birth. And there's also that innate fear of mortality - which is the biggie, I think. It's probably true that we all wish there were 'something more' after our short lives. If I had never woken up, I wouldn't have put my hand in the box, either.
2007-04-05 15:24:28 · answer #1 · answered by NOT GODZY 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I definitely don't agree with his definition of religion as "hope beyond reason." In the book Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis, he gives a very reasonable argument as to why there has to be a God...or at least why it makes more sense for there to be a God than not. I absolutely disagree that belief in God is hardwired into human brains by a neurological accident. People from ALL over the world have believed in a higher power for thousands of years. I don't believe this same accident would occur all over the globe. If it were to have occured, it would have had to be within the first people to populate the Earth.
2007-04-05 15:34:49 · answer #2 · answered by ammellisa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank you for the information. I went to the website. Great article. The Catholic Church has a similar point of view.
The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God; and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for:
The dignity of man rests above all on the fact that he is called to communion with God. This invitation to converse with God is addressed to man as soon as he comes into being. For if man exists, it is because God has created him through love, and through love continues to hold him in existence. He cannot live fully according to truth unless he freely acknowledges that love and entrusts himself to his creator.1
Peace and every blessing!
2007-04-05 15:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I believe in nothing transcendent, unfathomable or otherworldly as I was never *indoctrinated* to do so.
There are *no* supernatural or mystical elements at all - no Gods, no heavens, no hells, no demons, no gnomes, no Santa, no psychics, no wizards, no leprechauns. And it's death after life, not life after death.
And no crossing fingers, black cats or "magic boxes" either. Squat. Zip. Zilch. Goose eggs. Diddly. ... Nothing.
But... in the real world, (currently) unfathomable things exist - we simply may never know the Origins of Life (no evidence survived), the trigger for the Big Bang (13.7 bya), and similar.
2007-04-05 15:22:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think that humans are hard wired to question. i think that we have a thirst for the spiritual. when we can't find something to quench that thirst we create religion. which is definitely not the same thing as god.
i thought that the box was really interesting, and i wonder how well i would have done.
just my thoughts
eclectic pagan
2007-04-05 15:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that the capacity to share a consciousness exists for many species; you see bees in hives, dogs in packs, etc.
Religion just happens to be the expression of a 'collective' consciousness for humans. Sometimes this is beneficial, and often it is not.
2007-04-05 15:31:56 · answer #6 · answered by nora22000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn`t read the article,not yet anyway but I believe that Humans are wired to believe in a Divine Maker.All Humans in all cultures.
2007-04-05 15:24:20 · answer #7 · answered by greenstateresearcher 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, humans are born with a desire to worship ... to worship something... someone, but a strong sense of satisfaction in worshiping a Divine Deity. We were created to fellowship, to love, to be in relationship, to worship...It makes us happy!
Aaron Neville has a song, "You Will Worship Something" let it be Jesus.
He saves...
God bless, Janie
2007-04-05 15:32:51 · answer #8 · answered by jmrkillgore 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bull. Humans are wired to go along with the pack, like sheep.
2007-04-05 15:20:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i believe we will overcome that religious tendency as we evolve.this magic box experiment doesn't say much to me-you can never know of the technology someone has,much more if he's your teacher-
2007-04-05 15:36:08 · answer #10 · answered by mpcagk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋