[IP] more on Faith = Illness. Why I've had it with religious tolerance.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Jim Morris <jim.morris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 2, 2006 1:33:02 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Faith = Illness. Why I've had it with religious
tolerance.
I recommend Daniel Dennet's new book, "Breaking the Spell", for a
dense, very intelligent discussion of this issue. He advocates
studying religion as an evolving natural phenomenon. Sample insight:
Unquestioning belief in a god is similar to romantic love and there
are evolutionary pressures that favor both.
James H. Morris
Professor of Computer Science
Dean, Carnegie Mellon West
412 609-5000
http://west.cmu.edu
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jhm
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