<div dir="ltr">Surely to say it happened because of natural selection is not much different than just saying "it happened". <br><br>I think that both science and religion are outgrowths of a very human seeking to know, and for meaning and transcendence. I think that ultimately the best and most authentic of science/technology leads inescapably to the need for all the best aspects and consideration of the deepest questions of spirituality. Starting with what does it mean to wisely choose who we want to be and how we will be to others that choose differently as we gain the ability to mold physical reality, including our own very being, as we choose.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:16 PM Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">BillK <<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>> wrote (quoted)<br>
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"most people do not believe in an inherent conflict between science<br>
and religion"<br>
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Perhaps this is the case. However, religion is an observed fact among<br>
one kind of primate.<br>
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Science can ask:<br>
<br>
Why do people have religions?<br>
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The capacity to have religions, like all behaviors, is the result of<br>
either direct selection or selection for something else that left<br>
humans with this capacity.<br>
<br>
Keith<br>
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