integral Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Click on this link and go down scroll down to read John Spong's ideas on how religion got created. I think this is excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thackerie Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Click on this link and go down scroll down to read John Spong's ideas on how religion got created. I think this is excellent! Thanks for the link. IMHO, John Shelby Spong is one of the few thologians operating with working brain cells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-COG Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Spong said: Finally, however, a creature evolved with a brain sufficient to be self-aware, self-conscious, and to have the capacity of self-transcendence. The shock of mortality and meaninglessness entered history at that moment, Freud contended. Now the world possessed a creature who could anticipate dying, who could understand disaster, and who could view its destiny to be nothing more than decay. This was a traumatic realization, and with that realization, definable human existence was born. So, as we continue to evolve, will our brains adjust to the idea that religion is needless? Are we ex-Christians evidence that this is happening? No wonder conservative Christians don't like evolution; it's the death of religion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
integral Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 ^^^ rofl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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