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I don't know how I feel about the approach presented in the article, but there's a big difference between a personal ritual and one shared and practiced by a co

• tomc1985 8y ago
  Both are pointless, and religion overwhelming sells the latter
  • toasterlovin 8y ago
    They are pointless to you. Their universality points to their importance to humans, in general. I mean, one of the key markers of our species is that we ritually dispose of our dead. That feature of humanity goes back hundreds of thousands of years and it evolved.
    • tomc1985 8y ago
      It is ritual attached to function. We also non-ritualistically bury our dead. Ritual, alone, is fine. But human beings inevitably have to impose their BS on other people, who don't always agree or want what is being imposed. If the ritual-followers could keep to themselves that would be one thing. But no, its 'ooooh you must share in this!'
      • trav4225 8y ago
        "human beings inevitably have to impose their BS on other people" Welcome to planet Earth! ;-) Humans do this with everything, regardless of whether they are sincere believers, religious zealots, strident atheists, or Silicon Valley humanists. :-)