Re: Failure of religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:09 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Susceptibility to believing Evil religious nonsense that isn't so is a defect. How long, d'ya suppose, before someone discovers that arguing from one's conclusions is genetically determined? Eh, I think it's purely environmen

Re: Failure of religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 22 Mar 2005, at 3:11 am, Dave Land wrote: On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:09 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Susceptibility to believing Evil religious nonsense that isn't so is a defect. How long, d'ya suppose, before someone discovers that arguing from one's conclusions is genetically determined? Was it

Re: Failure of religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread Dave Land
On Mar 21, 2005, at 7:09 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Susceptibility to believing Evil religious nonsense that isn't so is a defect. How long, d'ya suppose, before someone discovers that arguing from one's conclusions is genetically determined? Dave __

Re: Failure of religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 22 Mar 2005, at 2:44 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: :) Nothing Else To Add Maru But it isn't symmetrical. Colour-blindness or perfect pitch are also genetically linked attributes that correlate to objective reality. Colour-blindness is a defect. Perfect pitch may be an advantage (or maybe not if

Re: Failure of religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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Failure of religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread Dave Land
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Re: Religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:24 PM Monday 3/21/2005, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/22/ wrelig22.xml http://tinyurl.com/5jj5n "Religious belief is in the genes and can literally be inherited from one's parents, according to new research. While environmental factors w

Religious belief due to genetic defect

2005-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/22/ wrelig22.xml http://tinyurl.com/5jj5n "Religious belief is in the genes and can literally be inherited from one's parents, according to new research. While environmental factors were the largest influences on children, genetic