[ExI] de Waal

[William Flynn Wallace]

But to offer them 72 virgins or an eternal afterlife was cheap.



Somewhere in this discussion I am looking for the notion that religious
people work together well as a team.



spike
But the concept of soul had to exist first, right?

I don't understand the question.  At one point I was a pretty religious
person - Methodist; choir director, Sunday school teacher, member of the
board.  I don't see that we worked as a team any better or worse than
anyone else, but as I said, I don't understand the question.

As for Brent's post, I'll get to that, but first I have a question:  is the
breading flour or corn flakes, and does it have to be dipped in egg wash
and buttermilk first?

bill w

On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:41 PM, <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
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> So at some time in our evolutionary past, the
> trait for religion (or something linked with it) must have been
> valuable to our genes.  keith
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> >…  No need for a push from genetics.
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> >…A far more difficult thing, in my opinion, is the origin of the concept
> of the immortal soul.  I am working on that one…bill w
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> Eh, that is an easy one too: the kings and nobles needed some means of
> convincing the young men to go out and risk death on the field of battle.
> They offered them honor (which has its costs in a sense), and in some cases
> land (which is expensive.)  But to offer them 72 virgins or an eternal
> afterlife was cheap.
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> Somewhere in this discussion I am looking for the notion that religious
> people work together well as a team.
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> spike
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