Submit Response is a weblog by Jack Mottram, a Is God An Accident?
A fascinating piece from the Atlantic Monthly:
Despite the vast number of religions, nearly everyone in the world believes in the same things: the existence of a soul, an afterlife, miracles, and the divine creation of the universe. Recently psychologists doing research on the minds of infants have discovered two related facts that may account for this phenomenon. One: human beings come into the world with a predisposition to believe in supernatural phenomena. And two: this predisposition is an incidental by-product of cognitive functioning gone awry. Which leads to the question … is God an accident?
As seen on Metafilter, where you can read a good, wide-ranging discussion on the issues raised by article.
thanks for the link!
Posted by rexx at 11am on 26.11.05
just testing me new phone…
Posted by jack at 6pm on 26.11.05
Oops - sorry Rexx, that wasn’t a surreal reply to your comment - just didn’t see it when playing with the new mobile!
Posted by Jack Mottram at 7pm on 26.11.05