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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I had thought it would be fairly obvious that the religious establishment would react negatively, but I guess it's not as obvious as I thought. Nothing in the Bible that contradicts a "God gene"? Well, perhaps not directly, but the conclusion (that certain people are more likely to believe in God than others) does run afoul of the idea that God wants no one to perish, but all to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). The Bible indicates that [i]everyone[/i] needs God, and that we were created to have God in our lives. But if there is a God gene, and if God put it in us (ala DL's comment), why would he give it to some people and not others? You would think that God would want everyone to have an equal chance, wouldn't you? At best, the existence of a God gene makes God a rather fickle individual who likes to play favorites and then damn those who he arbitrarily decided to deprive of the propensity to believe in him. This is certainly not the message that the religious establishment wants to send, I would think. Whether or not you agree with or believe in the underlying principles, you have to admit that the logical conclusion of a God gene is not good news for religions that purport to be universal. That's my take on the issue. What I want to hear now is why you think the religious establishment would either be silent on the issue (i.e, not react either way) or react positively. I can't see any way that a God gene would be a boon to the religious establishment (remember that we're talking about a God gene that [i]not everyone has[/i]). [Edit: At this point, of course, this is little more than a philosophical discussion, since there is definitely not enough scientific proof for the idea yet. Honestly, given Hamer's track record, I'm not optimistic about proof being forthcoming, but we'll have to see how it turns out.] [img]http://www.liminality.org/asylum/sigs/suho_umbrella04.gif[/img] ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/4837]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/5689]Sig Rotator[/url] \| [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/22173]the Fellowship of Sup[/url] [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/2031]Suho1004[/url] on 05-30-2006 12:30)[/small] Loading...
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