God V Science (again)

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stray Sep 17, 2008 13:47:33
Replying to handofdave

Yeah, I find it lazy too, but then I also find a lot of the physical sciences assumptions to be lazy. Probably because I'm an arse. Interestingly, I found once what seemed to be a reasonable scientific interpretation of the 'tunnel of light' visions, something to do with the brain short circuting against the retina or something.

Sorry though, to Merrick too, with the emotion = soul thing. What I was trying to say is that emotion is produced by the soul, as well as therefore being the soul. My bad. but that mathematical symbol isn't available to me here.

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nigelswift Sep 17, 2008 14:04:29
Replying to stray

I regret (sincerely) that I see evolution as 100% cold, nasty and ruthless and compassion as merely one of it's tactics. We survivors are imbued with a capacity for it because social tit-for-tat had a strong survival advantage for our ancestors.

I see that as a logical, if unpleasant explanation for our occasional niceness (and for the fact our niceness tends to reduce in extremis! Why else would it?!) and a reason to think that the much more pleasant idea of a God-given kindness lodged in everyone's soul - is an unnecessary speculation.