gods and men


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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