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O Mon Dieu [message #39330]

Tue, 28 November 2006 14:14

JFR

On fire!

Location: Israel
Registered: October 2004
Messages: 1367

I am surprised that no one has yet introduced into our discussions in this forum Dean Hamer's contention that we human beings have a gene that gives us a propensity to belief in God.

This is how the prestigious UK newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, reported the matter:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/14/ngod14.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/11/14/ixnewstop.html

Wikipedia seems to be a little more reserved:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_gene

Personally, I am not at all convinced. But, I do think that all the hot air being generated by various (Christian) theologians is a grotesque exaggeration. As Hamer himself says: surely it would be rather peculiar if a Cretor God had not wired his creatures up to recognize him.

J F R (neither a Christian nor a skeptic)

The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)

		O Mon Dieu By: JFR on Tue, 28 November 2006 14:14
		Re: O Mon Dieu By: JFR on Tue, 28 November 2006 14:35
		Re: O Mon Dieu By: NW on Tue, 28 November 2006 14:54
		Re: O Mon Dieu By: electroken on Tue, 28 November 2006 15:45
		Re: O Mon Dieu By: JFR on Tue, 28 November 2006 16:51
		Methinks 'tis time .... By: cossie on Wed, 29 November 2006 04:08
		Re: Methinks 'tis time .... By: JFR on Wed, 29 November 2006 13:37
		Umm, JFR ... By: cossie on Thu, 30 November 2006 04:10
		Re: Umm, JFR ... By: JFR on Thu, 30 November 2006 05:01
		I don't regard the 'consensus' as unbiased ... By: cossie on Thu, 30 November 2006 05:20
		Re: I don't regard the 'consensus' as unbiased ... By: JFR on Thu, 30 November 2006 06:21
		Re: Umm, JFR ... By: arich on Thu, 30 November 2006 12:20
		Re: Methinks 'tis time .... By: arich on Thu, 30 November 2006 12:09
		Re: O Mon Dieu By: electroken on Wed, 29 November 2006 06:46
		Re: O Mon Dieu By: JFR on Wed, 29 November 2006 08:32
		Re: O Mon Dieu By: electroken on Fri, 01 December 2006 06:59

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