“...doing right in life sometimes means that reason cannot be the sole light by which your moral compass is set.” LifeReasonDeathMoralityWrongRight Book:Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved Source: Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved
“...religion is not philosophy. Philosophy is largely confined to ivory-tower seminar rooms, but religion can be found in nearly every living room -or just about anywhere else you might care to look. Religion is not just (or even primarily) an intellectual pursuit; it is emotional.” GodFeelingsReligionEmotionEvolutionMoralityCognition Book:Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved Source: Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved
“If religion represents a supernaturalizing of social life, then we would expect that the gods we envision would reflect the social worlds we inhabit.” GodFeelingsReligionEmotionSocietyEvolutionMoralityCognition Book:Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved Source: Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved