On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Alberto G. Corona <[email protected]>wrote:
> In a conference Dennet said that a country with religious soldiers would > be defeated by a country ruled by engineers and economists. > There is certainly some truth in that. Religion can make otherwise sane people suicidal and suicidal people make for excellent cannon fodder. You are unlikely to deliberately crash an airliner into a skyscraper unless you think you're going to get 77 virgins in the afterlife. > > David Sloan Wilson is a evolutionary scientist that study religion from > an evolutionary point of view. > It sounds to me that Dennet has also studied religion from an evolutionary point of view, the mindless suicidal soldier may be a reason that religion evolved. > > Dennet despise religion. > Proving that not all philosophers are fools, just most of them. John K Clark > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
