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* Of course I think I take a certain geeky pleasure from this knowledge, to be able to disabuse people of their quaint, deluded notions of life having mystical
by time_management 18y ago
* Of course I think I take a certain geeky pleasure from this knowledge, to be able to disabuse people of their quaint, deluded notions of life having mystical attributes*
1. Evolution does not disprove a vitalistic or "mystical" explanation for the origin and progress of life.
2. The "mystical" position has lost no ground to scientific advances, although rigid systems of belief (e.g. creationism) have. Atheism has existed for thousands of years; presumably, it's as old as theism. The partial retreat of Christianity from mainstream Euro-American life has to do with cultural forces, not science.