Subject: gods and men
From: Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 07 2000 - 09:59:35 EST
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Robbie wrote:
: Likewise, mother nature gave humans the most complex and advanced brains
: on the planet. So humans have been curious and inquisitive and often,
: fearful of the unknown.
[...]
: I do not believe, however, that such irrational silliness, as
: beautiful or poetic as it may sometimes be, is a fundamental part of
: human nature or is necessary to our happiness and survival.
It's tricky to associate mother nature, complex brains, and a disposition
toward curiosity on the one hand and then say on the other that it isn't
human nature to stipulate a God.
And logic and rationality are, of course, social constructions.
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Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu
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