more on Faith = Illness. Why I've had it with religious tolerance.

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jim Morris <jim.morris () west cmu edu>
Date: May 2, 2006 1:33:02 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
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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