X-Message-Number: 26483 Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:30:00 -0400 From: Keith Henson <> Subject: Pizer and religions Before people get too deep in these arguments, I think it would be worthwhile to understand why people have religions at all, and why those in state societies are different from those of more primitive peoples? I won't say the question has been entirely answered, but reading Pascal Boyer's book _Religion Explained_ is a step in the right direction. Cognitive science and evolutionary psychology are where answers to such questions are going to come. Keith Henson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26483