On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Alberto G. Corona <agocor...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is no difference at all between religious mitifications and other > mitifucatuons . See form, example the paper about Darwin that I posted. > religion is a label that appears when the mith is old enough it has enough > believers and the object of mitification is far away in time. > > People are reluctant to admit that they have unfounded beliefs. Specially if > they have been educated in the belief that any belief is bad and into the > belied that they have no beliefs. But to have a commong ground of beliefs is > a prerequisite for individual and social life. I think that my theory of > social capital, mytopoesis and belief and the assimilaion of good and truth > is sound in evolutuionary terms, and provides a factual/operation definition > of Truth in the world of the mind, which is the only world accesible to us.
If I tell you that a spirit appeared to me last night and told me that you should give me all your money or else the world will be destroyed, what will you say to me? That it's as true as any other myth, understandable in evolutionary terms, on a par with scientific fact? Or will you just say, without thinking too hard, that it's bullshit? -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
