[FRIAM] God

[Frank Wimberly]

"God, do I exist?"   "And who is asking?"  Not relevant but I found it
funny when I first heard it.

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 3:36 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok.  But I can ask "why", right?
>
> Nicholas Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> Clark University
> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 3:29 PM
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] God
>
> Who said anything about a function?
>
> A simple observation: every culture of which we are aware express some
> sort of belief in the supernatural - there is marginal consistency among
> expressions of that belief. Burials with artifacts / food stuffs / staged
> body positioning / etc. are interpreted as expressions of supernatural
> belief in prehistoric cultures. Again just an observation, no
> interpretation, no assignment of meaning, no explantation.
>
> davew
>
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2020, at 10:22 AM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
> > Wait a minute?
> >
> > What is the function of believing in higher spirits?
> >
> > Or is it a spandrel?
> >
> > N
> >
> > Nicholas Thompson
> > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University
> > ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 6:23 AM
> > To: friam at redfish.com
> > Subject: [FRIAM] God
> >
> > Taking (inhaling) DMT seems to induce a belief in "higher spirits" e.g.
> "God."
> >
> > https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269881120916143
> >
> > Since human brains naturally produce DMT (some controversy about this
> > assertion); that is why all human cultures — historic and prehistoric —
> > incorporate beliefs in the supernatural.
> >
> > davew
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