X-Message-Number: 32225 From: Mark Plus <> Subject: Gregory S. Paul, was Re: Grim story on cryonics Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:21:51 -0800 In Cryonet #32223, David Stodolsky references Gregory S. Paul's paper, "The Chronic Dependence of Popular Religiosity upon Dysfunctional Psychosociological Conditions." Paul also has a website: The Science of Religion http://gspaulscienceofreligion.com/ And you can listen to him on a couple of freethought-related talkshows where he discusses his research. Paul also advocates universal health coverage in the U.S. as the next step in the dereligionizing process: http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org/2009/01/18/show-291-the-big-religion-problemssolved/ and, http://media.libsyn.com/media/ffrf/FTradio_178_091909.mp3 Paul's findings apparently support the Enlightenment era's conjectures about the causes of "bad religion," and how certain modernizing forces would tend to make it go away. Mark Plus _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=32225