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Philosophy

yallerdawg

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3. I think males in particular are hard-wired for the biological imperative.

Reply to annabanana (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 02:07 PM

Nov 2015

Females are hard-wired for successful secure reproduction. More selective than males!

There is a range of maladaptive behaviors within the species.

Religion is a tool for control, of nurture, not nature. At best, it is an unnatural form of population control.

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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