Sarah wrote: > Ironically, it's our intelligence that draws us to religious belief. > We can't stand the thought that when we die, we won't exist for all > infinity. We can't absorb the non-existence of the 'I'. Yet we are > intelligent enough as a species to understand these concepts > (infinity, death, I) So we need stories to help us live what might > otherwise seem terrifying, empty lives with nothing but infinite > darkness ahead.
Is it our intelligence? Or our gigantic egos? Methinks it's more the latter. Lori
