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I don't think there is any direct evidence of deities or a transcendental reality either.

Homo sapiens have been around 200k years at least. Symbolic painting and clay fertility figurines only blinked into existence in the last 50k years in the upper Paleolithic. And it seemed to have...

^^^ Jew- hating antisemite.

I believe that evolution might ultimately favor intelligence. Predators have to be intelligent. Chimpanzees, dolphins, wolves are all intelligent.

I don't see any Darwinian basis for symbolic art,...

Makes sense to me.

A perfect storm had to align to create complex matter and biology in this universe. Maybe it's sheer coincidence, maybe not.

Something switched on in homo sapiens brains...

:whoa:

This is the third time in four days the elderly Trump has dozed off, and this isn't a science policy conference. This is a court proceeding to determine if Trump looses his freedom

Yikes! :laugh:


Republican congressman Adam Kingzinger said Trump smells like a combination of body odor, farts, and makeup products.

It's just a matter of time before this elderly man starts snoring in court.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/sleepy-don-dozes-off-in-court-again

Having discussions with his own socks is off the edge of the map.

Some defective individuals like Trump and IntoTheNight
must be missing the gene that makes people feel shame for being wrong so often.

Congratulations to Mike for telling the Kremlin wing of the Republican party to piss off

I align more closely with agnostic, though labels have weaknesses

It's perfectly legitimate to believe life has no meaning, and it is a question I have to ask myself if I am being authentic.

The materialists and and reductionists believe there is no higher...

The most militant of atheists believe the Gospels are a later fabrication that invented the character Jesus and the things he said

The most fundamentalist of holy rollers believe the bible is...

I'm not sure religion is the "perfect" scaffolding for evil to take control. Pope Francis, the Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King Jr. don't seem evil. There hasn't been a major war of religion in 500...

In IntoTheNight logic, defense contractors and highway construction crews aren't private companies because they accept government contracts

I sure hope MAGA Mike Johnson will allow a floor vote on military aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan this weekend

Marcus Aurelius, the world's most famous Stoic, is a very good read.

The rules good parents give, and the example the good parents set, really come from religious ethics, even when the religious...

I agree that religion, just like all other human I institutions, are prey to corruption and self interest.

Still, humans are social animals. Religion, from the first shamanistic cave rituals of...

Some people can find complete purpose and meaning in the materialistic aspects of this Earth.

I think the majority of people in history, and even today, wanted to find a higher transcendent...

You're absolutely right. Even modern Judaism, especially in it's Reform and Conservative strands, doesn't really resemble the religion of the ancient Hebrews of the first temple period.

The Virgin birth and the resurrection sure seem mythical at face value.

Judging from my only experience with Eastern Christianty, I don't think the virgin birth or the discrepancies about which...

Okay, so what do you think is valuable about religious literature?

You're free to believe humanity's religious literature has no value.