Jersey Girl wrote:Mercury wrote:John Larsen wrote:Mercury wrote:Imwashingmypirate wrote:I doubt it is to do with ritualistic behaviour. more likely that hildren are less instinctual than chimps. So they just do what they have seen others do.
that's exactly my point, that there is an inherent need to obey authority in children.
It's evolutionary. 15,000 years ago a six year old that didn't obey her parents would probably end up as something's lunch. This is why religion is so effective, like cocaine, it exploits our brain chemistry.
Totally agree.
Religion, like any other cultural phenomenon must wrap itself around the collective human Genome.
Profundity on a Friday evening, thy name is Mercury. Would it be inaccurate to say that religion was birthed via the human Genome? Are we wrapping our inner selves around our inner selves?
Jersey, I won't let you threadjack this one like you did on the dangers of religion thread. Do you have anything substantive to say concerning perceptions of authority by children and the impact our genetics/culture plays in religion?
Or are you just going to remix what I said, convoluting the real message in the meantime?