--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > If "novelty-seeking" is a genetic trait that has > >become widespread because of some advantages that it > > confers (I can think of many, from utilizing new > food sources to finding new places to live -- as well > >as little problems from being _overly_ curious, like > >fatal poisonings and discovering that cave lions *do > > not* like to share their dens!), is it so hard to > > consider that "spirituality" might likewise be a > > genetic trait? > > So there might be a cure for it?
<snorts & rolls eyes> You managed to *completely* overlook my point - that "novelty-seeking" is in fact one of the traits that makes us so successful as a species, and is only a problem when taken to extemes...so too for spirituality. IMN-S-HO, naturally. ;) Although cockroaches are terribly successful from a biological standpoint, I don't think they are curious or spiritual...and think what would happen if they were! <shudders as only one who has lived in the South (or the jungle/rainforest), with multiple types of pesticide-adapted cockroaches, can possibly understand> Personally Not A Thrill-Seeker, Except For Riding Arabians* Maru *This would make Quarter Horse owners LOL, but is probably incomprehensible to almost everyone else. :) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
