tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post110980975685105396..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Rapture Ready!Philahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109904961227132012005-03-03T18:56:00.000-08:002005-03-03T18:56:00.000-08:00I remember working with someone that used rules as...I remember working with someone that used rules as weapons (psychologically). The more unbending he was, the more he smiled his mean-grin. Warped! But at least he didn't use God as a psychological weapon.<br /><br />Hovis types (living ones LOL) might re-read (or read for the first time) Job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109904212799345802005-03-03T18:43:00.000-08:002005-03-03T18:43:00.000-08:00DPR,
You're talking to RMJ, but I'll give you my...DPR, <br /><br />You're talking to RMJ, but I'll give you my objection anyhow. As you say, it's misnamed. But it's also misconceived...the idea of a single gene - or one of its alleles - that reliably gives rise to this or that trait is popular, but not really accurate...and it gets even dicier when you're talking about psychological states, IMO.<br /><br />Beyond that, it doesn't actually explain anything about the variety of religious experience, which involves many other things than visions and epiphanies - <I>including</I> rationally applied logic - and which includes (for instance) atheists becoming religious and vice versa. Are we to think of the "God gene" as switching on and off? To me, that's absurd. The usual conception of a "God gene" belongs more to polemics than science.<br /><br />I'm currently working on a post about these issues which I guarantee will endear me to no one at all.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109895854707625082005-03-03T16:24:00.000-08:002005-03-03T16:24:00.000-08:00my small research into the obviously mis-named "go...my small research into the obviously mis-named "god gene" indicates that "it" causes humans to produce a bit more of a specific chemical. that chemical is "associated" by subjective interviews with more imagination or even a propensity to visions or epiphanies. the scientist who made the assertion says specifically that the gene is NOT related to the existence or non of a deity. or deities. it may cause individuals to have more experiences that may be taken as evidence of god. or gods.<br /><br />am i missing something?<br /><br />dread pirate robertsrobin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109895160136489862005-03-03T16:12:00.000-08:002005-03-03T16:12:00.000-08:00"Shoot, that's easy: first question. Why isn't any..."Shoot, that's easy: first question. Why isn't anyone talking about a "reason" gene?"<br /><br />Well if every mention of God must have a corresponding mention of reason, I see the point. Otherwise, not so much.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109889740868056262005-03-03T14:42:00.000-08:002005-03-03T14:42:00.000-08:00I'm interested in the Imaginary Objectivity Gene, ...I'm interested in the Imaginary Objectivity Gene, myself.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109880663847872232005-03-03T12:11:00.000-08:002005-03-03T12:11:00.000-08:00That led to a discussion about the god gene and sp...<I>That led to a discussion about the god gene and speculation about why Jeffers objects to it. </I>Shoot, that's easy: first question. Why isn't anyone talking about a "reason" gene?Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109826009267089332005-03-02T21:00:00.000-08:002005-03-02T21:00:00.000-08:00so we here at chez bum obviously don't understand ...so we here at chez bum obviously don't understand the god gene. we'll check it out. <br /><br />dread pirate robertsrobin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109822702283115752005-03-02T20:05:00.000-08:002005-03-02T20:05:00.000-08:00Gotta say, I object to the God gene right along wi...Gotta say, I object to the God gene right along with Jeffers...don't even get me started on that!<br /><br />I'm not anti-religion; I'm just anti-evil.<br /><br />And Speechless, a handsome man looks good in anything! And yeah, I made the gal from Wyoming too, infinitely cunning demiurge that I am.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109820776130201642005-03-02T19:32:00.000-08:002005-03-02T19:32:00.000-08:00Well, we actually branched out to how ridiculous t...Well, we actually branched out to how ridiculous the whole xtian belief system is-- and then expanded that to include the entire belief in monotheism. And then we decided we should do a post on the saddhus who walk backwards, or roll, or hop on one leg for many, many miles in devotion to a deity-- <br />That led to a discussion about the god gene and speculation about why Jeffers objects to it. <br />A few more glasses of wine and we might have had it all figured out.<br />Wish you could have been here, but as they say, in spirit... in spirit. Salud.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109818395000774512005-03-02T18:53:00.000-08:002005-03-02T18:53:00.000-08:00An entire dinner? Wow! I'm making a difference!An entire dinner? Wow! I'm making a difference!Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109815805004610492005-03-02T18:10:00.000-08:002005-03-02T18:10:00.000-08:00What? You made him up? I just spent an entire dinn...What? You made him up? I just spent an entire dinner ranting about this to DPR. Oh well, Hovis was a good straw man. Although, I suspect there are a lot of flesh and blood idiots out there who preach this kind of righteousness. <br />I thought the last paragraph was the whole joke, but I see that I was mistaken. Good one.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109814548467183482005-03-02T17:49:00.000-08:002005-03-02T17:49:00.000-08:00Easy there! I just made Rev. Hovis up. Though I ha...Easy there! I just made Rev. Hovis up. Though I hasten to add that I paint what I see.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-1109813428430728032005-03-02T17:30:00.000-08:002005-03-02T17:30:00.000-08:00Would it be morally wrong of me to wish the Revere...Would it be morally wrong of me to wish the Reverend Hovis be struck by bolt of lightning, or a car, or even for him to just drop dead. How wrong would that be? <br />Am I really living in 2005? Or did I die and wake up in a strange dystopian novel by Sinclair Lewis?<br />RDrobin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.com