2013/9/12 John Clark <[email protected]> > 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. >
I don't understand what you argue here, because it seems you argue the contrary of the quote... ie " a country with religious soldiers would defeat a country ruled by engineers and economists" instead of "a country with religious soldiers would be defeated by a country ruled by engineers and economists"... which truth are you referring to ? "There is certainly some truth in that" ? Quentin > > >> > 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. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. -- 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.
