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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 2 hours ago
Why does Islam seem so authoritarian compared with other religions? Is it really more authoritarian than some of the Christians?
I have been reading a bit and finding out about Hinduism. They encourage free-thinking and free enquiry – within a rigid framework of rituals connected with ideas of sacredness and purity, and “feudal ethics” (the c…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 2 hours ago
Adults, one hopes, cooperate for the good of a collective (family, community, employer, club, whatever). That comes over time with life experience and maturity.
We also coooperate just to get things done that we need to achieve and benefits we need to gain. We also cooperate because socially we enjoy it – a benefit gained through…[Read more]
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jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 2 hours ago
Religion impacts lives in a number of unfortunate ways.
I have been listening to a slew of apostates of Islam tell their stories and not only is antisemitism more virulent (ubiquitous too) than i realized but the degree of control over every aspect of life is shocking. It is such a blatant and horrific cult. One of the many revelations to me is…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 2 hours ago
Kids are narcissists.
I wasn’t saying they’re fantastic. They are monsters compared with adults. But they seem to be born with innate cooperation skills that aren’t taught.
Compared with a chimpanzee, a 3-year old child is a great team player.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 5 hours ago
’m not a parent. According to laboratory experiments, they develop the skills by around the age of 3. I should have been more precise. The point is they don’t need to be taught, they do things like respect commitments and help those in need (much of the time) automatically. That in turn looks like the best coopera…
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 10 hours ago
Jake,
I would say for sure that how a religion regards incestuous relationships, hereditary Monarchy, and heterosexual relationships across religious lines would have an affect on the genetics of the adhersnts.
Likewise, if a religion–such as Christian Identity, original Mormonism, Black Hebrew Israelites, The Nation of Islam, or Ancestral…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 1 day, 22 hours ago
Yes, but can you think of any biological characteristic including the behavior of living things that does not ultimately stem from our genetic composition?
Well, you could say that all behaviour is biological, because it’s carried out by human beings with biological bodies. I think it’s more relevant to loo…
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 1 hour ago
Yes, but can you think of any biological characteristic including the behavior of living things that does not ultimately stem from our genetic composition?
Well, you could say that all behaviour is biological, because it’s carried out by human beings with biological bodies. I think it’s more relevant to look at the reasons for…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 2 hours ago
Unfortunately, even though many antivaxers might erase themselves during a pandemic, the ties to a representative genotype are so complicated that the behavior will not become a phenotype in the normal sense.
I think it’s a case of culturally-induced suicide, rather than maladaptive genes.
Yes, but can you t…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Sunday School April 21st 2024 in the forum Sunday School 2 days, 2 hours ago
Unfortunately, even though many antivaxers might erase themselves during a pandemic, the ties to a representative genotype are so complicated that the behavior will not become a phenotype in the normal sense.
I think it’s a case of culturally-induced suicide, rather than maladaptive genes.
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