Philosophy

yallerdawg

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7. By biological imperative...

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 08:51 PM

Jan 2016

I mean the innate, cell-level compulsion to reproduce and dominate the gene pool.

The old story - President and Mrs. Truman were visiting a chicken ranch. Their guide was telling them all these chickens were serviced by the one rooster.

Mrs. Truman noted this one rooster could go and go and go! "Do you hear that, Harry?" she marveled.

Harry Truman asked the guide, "Is it the same chicken he goes at?" The guide said "No, all the chickens." Harry Truman winked at his wife and said, "You hear that?"

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Are Humans hard-wired for religion as a natural form of [View all] annabanana Nov 2015 OP

You mean if people didn't "worship" they'd..... procreate? Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #1

No.. They just kill each other in mass quantities to prove the superiority of "their" god...n/t annabanana Nov 2015 #2

I think males in particular are hard-wired for the biological imperative. yallerdawg Nov 2015 #3

Maybe it was unintended for differing belief systems annabanana Nov 2015 #4

Not sure Conch Jan 2016 #5

By biological imperative... yallerdawg Jan 2016 #7

Not in my opinion. Conch Jan 2016 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #8

I think hard-wired kairos12 Mar 2016 #9

Totally....totally....totally....nope :) david.byrne59 Feb 2017 #10

I would say psychologically hard wired. gagelle Feb 2017 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author defacto7 Jan 2019 #14

wired muhamed g May 2017 #12

It started as seeking but is a tool for human impulses realmirage Nov 2018 #13

I would say hard-wired to kairos12 Feb 2019 #15