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People talk about religion like it's been with us since the dawn of man for no good reason at all.
by Fricken 10y ago
People talk about religion like it's been with us since the dawn of man for no good reason at all.
- mikeash 10y agoWhat do you mean by "good reason"? If you mean reasons that make sense, sure, of course there's a reasonable explanation for why religion is so prevalent throughout history. If you mean reasons that involve benefit to humans, I'm rather skeptical. There may be, but the mere fact that it's common doesn't mean that there must be. Cancer and broken bones are pretty common too.
- Fricken 10y agoIf only we could find a way to engineer more of the humanity out of being human. Humans would be great if they just weren't so human. I have high hopes for humankind, it's just that first we have to figure out what to do with the human part. So I agree with you. I too am skeptical being human is beneficial to being human, it's just that I'm not really sure what we'd do without it, either.