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  Why Do We Feel? *Human Emotions & Evolution

  by dh in

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  if humans evolved in darwins theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest, what would have caused our emotional feelings to come into being?.

  is emotion a part of human survival that it would be a necessary thing to evolve, in a prehistoric world was emotion part of a mating process?

  or is it only explainable if we say it's a gift from god, and therefore we were created?

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  asleif_dufansdottir - I agree. I particularly like the evolutionary psychology approach, but I know it is very controversial. I am not in a scientific field... I'm off in the happy land of liberal arts, where any talk of biology is scorned like nothing else. Heaven forbid our genetics play ANY role in the way we are... hmmmmm...

  I've read many books for my own field from the "socialization is everything" camp... and while I agree with some aspects, I personally am more inclined to fall on the biological side of the argument. But that's just me, and many people who are much more educated, I'm sure, think differently. To each their own!

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  I'll bite -- what is the point of this?

  by somebodylovesme in

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  http://groups.msn.com/askjehovahswitnesses/home.htm

  ask jehovah's witnesses [email protected]

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  http://groups.msn.com/AskJehovahsWitnesses/home.htm

  Ask Jehovah's Witnesses

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  NO DISCUSSIONS, eh? Sounds like an exciting page to visit. Why make a group with no purpose? I do not know. hmmm.

  People confuse the hell out of me some days.

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  Why Do We Feel? *Human Emotions & Evolution

  by dh in

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  if humans evolved in darwins theory of natural selection and survival of the fittest, what would have caused our emotional feelings to come into being?.

  is emotion a part of human survival that it would be a necessary thing to evolve, in a prehistoric world was emotion part of a mating process?

  or is it only explainable if we say it's a gift from god, and therefore we were created?

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  I highly recommend reading E.O. Wilson's "On Human Nature" and Robert Wright's "The Moral Animal" - plus anything by Steven Pinker -- they are foremost researchers in sociobiology / evolutionary psychology. I've read the first two books listed and they changed the way I view everything. Good reads, good for those without a lot of scientific background, too.

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  Can someone be "saved" just by reading the Bible?

  by somebodylovesme in

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  awhile back, i read one of those pages with questions to ask jws.

  one question was something to the effect of: "can someone be saved by just reading the bible?

  " -- and the page said the bible says that this is true, but (obviously) witnesses teach the obvious.

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  P.S. -- Welcome to the board, Crinklestein!!
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  Can someone be "saved" just by reading the Bible?

  by somebodylovesme in

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  awhile back, i read one of those pages with questions to ask jws.

  one question was something to the effect of: "can someone be saved by just reading the bible?

  " -- and the page said the bible says that this is true, but (obviously) witnesses teach the obvious.

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  Thanks for all the replies. :) I didn't even notice people were replying again.. lol.

  I think I have a better sense now of the Biblical context -- I was never a Christian of any variety, so I am not up to par on my Biblical knowledge.

  Thanks, all -- gotta fly now ~~~~~~

  SLM
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  Finally. Evolution/Creation debate resolved.

  by IronGland in

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  Ahhh, the false dichotomy rears its ugly head. On what logic would disproving Evolution (if it were disproven, but I am quite sure every claim made in such a comic could be just as reasonably refuted by science) PROVE Young-Earth Creationism? Or ANY Creationism? There are many more ideas or theories about the origin of life and mankind... Creationism is not proven by discrediting Evolution.

  oy, vey.
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  Finally. Evolution/Creation debate resolved.

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  AAAUUUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. :(

  Thank you for posting this. I am actually doing a project right now on why Creationism should not be taught in schools... this might come in handy in discussing Creationist propaganda.

  sigh.

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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-18-04 WT Study

  by blondie in

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  comments you will not hear at the 4-18-04 (week of 4/12-18, 2004) wt study (march 1, 2004 issue)

  review comments will be in black and parentheses ().

  wt quotes will be in red and quotes "".

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  As always, your hard work is much appreciated. I have really started looking forward to this post every week. :)

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  Can someone be "saved" just by reading the Bible?

  by somebodylovesme in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  awhile back, i read one of those pages with questions to ask jws.

  one question was something to the effect of: "can someone be saved by just reading the bible?

  " -- and the page said the bible says that this is true, but (obviously) witnesses teach the obvious.

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  Thanks, all ...

  I wasn't asking for personal fulfillment... lol. Was just trying to think of flaws within the logic my in-laws spew at me (the whole, you HAVE to be a part of the Organization to live forever, etc)... For some reason I thought there was something more explicit in the Bible saying this was incorrect.

  Thanks for the responses! ;)

  SLM
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  Omarosa

  by got my forty homey? in

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  didn't she work in the clinton white house?

  tells you something about government employees, especially democratic ones!

  i wondered if she sabotoged the white house keyboards when the clintonista's departed?

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  And she's getting a book deal!! Geeeeez, wish I could be a big *itch, lie, scam people, and make oodles of dough off a sob-story novel. grrrr.

  SLM