On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Dave Land wrote:
> On Jul 27, 2007, at 3:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
>
>> On 27 Jul 2007, at 10:44, Dave Land wrote:
>>
>>> The point being that religion -- whether you consider it the core of
>>> your being or a mental illness, is beneficial to humankind.
>>
>> The ends justify the means eh?
>
>
> Not exactly "the ends justify the means," no, but a recognition that
> pure reason may not be sufficient to the task, that we may be "wired" to
> respond to more than mere facts.
We are not all equally wired. So generalizing something from one person's
wiring may lead to faulty logic when trying to figure out how someone
else's brain works.
Just sayin'.
(And some people are closer to being wired to respond only to facts than
others.)
Julia
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