Genealogy of Religion

Exploring the Origins, History and Future of Religion

Entries Tagged as 'replication'

Chemical Ghosts in the Machine

February 12th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Evolution, Philosophy

If we think deeply about evolution, we eventually will ask questions not about the origin of species but about the origin of life. For some theistic evolutionists, this is the point of Designer intervention. They find it hard to imagine that chemicals could combine in way that gives rise to life. For those less inclined [...]

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ESP, Science & The Bem Brouhaha

January 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Cognition, Magic, Paranormal

As I noted in Supernaturalism and the Paranormal, it is possible that experiences typically categorized as “paranormal,” if they can be measured and verified, have some relationship to religion.  People who have such experiences might be inclined to attribute them to the realm of the supernatural.  How a person categorizes supernatural experience — as either [...]

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Deepak Chopra’s “Theory”: Consciousness as Godhead

June 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cognition, Daily Devolutions, Definitions, Evolution, New Religions

Over at HuffPo Religion, Deepak Chopra opines on the non-existent “war between science and religion.”  Religion is of course being investigated by scientists and examined by historians, but this does not make the interrogation a war.  Religion is simply another object or category of positivist inquiry.
Chopra’s piece begins with some surprising concessions:
What is the war [...]

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