tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2531747587293314569..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Pat Robertson: Revolt Against Trump Is Revolt Against GodAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84044993200706010452017-03-07T21:18:07.922+00:002017-03-07T21:18:07.922+00:00HJ,
"that's a healthy enough position in...HJ,<br /><br />"that's a healthy enough position in which you find yourself. The more we know ... the more we realise how little we know. And the reason we ought always be sceptical of those who adopt entrenched fixed positions!"<br /><br />Hence it's the fanatics who scare me most!<br /><br />"I agree that our psychology is a product of our collective evolution but its Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12720028775355202972017-03-06T11:52:13.103+00:002017-03-06T11:52:13.103+00:00Steve,
that's a healthy enough position in wh...Steve,<br /><br />that's a healthy enough position in which you find yourself. The more we know ... the more we realise how little we know. And the reason we ought always be sceptical of those who adopt entrenched fixed positions! <br /><br />I agree that our psychology is a product of our collective evolution but its most likely the product of a mix between whats genetically encoded and an Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-52722020935513704612017-03-05T22:36:30.510+00:002017-03-05T22:36:30.510+00:00HJ,
Perhaps, though Dawkins work is very persuasi...HJ,<br /><br />Perhaps, though Dawkins work is very persuasive. Though I do agree that it is not the whole story regarding the evolution of our psychology, but temper this with the understanding that our innate psychology is a product of our evolution.<br /><br />We could dally down the path of 'gene-memory' but this as you no doubt are aware opens a whole other Pandora's Box.<br /><Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-57127276628621792242017-03-03T11:48:12.465+00:002017-03-03T11:48:12.465+00:00Steve
in the loosest sense I'm familiar with ...Steve<br /><br />in the loosest sense I'm familiar with Dawkins work. <br />First encounter of him was probably some televised interview with Malcolm Muggeridge or such like way back in the 70's. Although obviously perspicacious he came across as too much the polemicist. Even though I would have been closer to his position than that of Muggeridge I never warmed to the man and I suppose Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-8376774464750585672017-03-03T10:39:06.428+00:002017-03-03T10:39:06.428+00:00Well at least they didn't blame Satan!Well at least they didn't blame Satan!Niallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013400649117430986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-3865237737379159232017-03-02T20:21:00.275+00:002017-03-02T20:21:00.275+00:00HJ,
"A report on some recent evolutionary ps...HJ,<br /><br />"A report on some recent evolutionary psychology research, that I read last week, suggests that higher forms of intelligence evolved in humans not so much to pursue new knowledge but rather as a utility of persuasion: the functional value being that I could provide a 'reasoned' case why I ought stay at home when you went on a dangerous hunting expedition or rode off toSteve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81654628500112489452017-03-02T14:57:58.796+00:002017-03-02T14:57:58.796+00:00Someplace like that ^_^ Paid an extra few dollars ...Someplace like that ^_^ Paid an extra few dollars for a certicate to prove it too!Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-11088355832167314192017-03-02T14:30:01.448+00:002017-03-02T14:30:01.448+00:00Henry Jo,
Bob Jones university must have done tha...Henry Jo,<br /><br />Bob Jones university must have done that IQ test for you LOLAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61955040754780497712017-03-02T12:44:39.348+00:002017-03-02T12:44:39.348+00:00AM
despite a I.Q. assessment which seems to place...AM<br /><br />despite a I.Q. assessment which seems to place me in a range that's higher than 99.98 per cent of scores, I'm still challenged in accepting that I was once such a dumb fcuker, conditioned into so many sad positions (and regrettably that I sometimes still can remain so). <br /><br />A report on some recent evolutionary psychology research, that I read last week, suggests Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9759653886339308302017-03-02T10:12:29.907+00:002017-03-02T10:12:29.907+00:00Henry Joy,
“You can safely assume that you’ve cre...Henry Joy,<br /><br />“You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” Anne Lamott apparently quoting a priest friend. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-62390509884678799092017-03-02T09:00:23.951+00:002017-03-02T09:00:23.951+00:00"0h keep up the fight you volunteers,
For Go..."0h keep up the fight you volunteers, <br />For God is on our side"<br /><br />'Suppose one can invoke god's support onto any cause, no matter how absurd the idea nor how immoral the cause. <br /><br />Its always easier to sell an absurd idea if one can tag or link it to an absurd idea the punters have already bought and swallowed. Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.com