tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post4834546316961661203..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Why Are Women Religious?Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-55342655455479320502009-02-27T14:29:00.000-05:002009-02-27T14:29:00.000-05:00In Germany, evolutionäre Religionswissenschaften (...In Germany, evolutionäre Religionswissenschaften (Evolutionary Religious Studies) are making some real progress. Here, religious and atheist worldviews enjoy more dialogue and we are exploring the reproductive benefits and the cooperative gains of religiosity. This is especially treu of "reproductive cooperation" like marriage - and women, who have higher investments to secure, wisely tend to favour religious communities and religious spouses. (Ever wondered why Goethes Gretchen asked Faust about religion as he wanted to seduce her?) Religion is part of human nature and it has a natural history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-81182960244346750252009-02-23T11:28:00.000-05:002009-02-23T11:28:00.000-05:00For being a prof, she's a poor writer.For being a prof, she's a poor writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-39888798011194583512009-02-19T15:56:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:56:00.000-05:00Jane says,Aren't the evolutionary psychologists ju...Jane says,<BR/><BR/><I>Aren't the evolutionary psychologists just confusing the terms "evolution" and "selection"?</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, that's part of the problem. But it's only a small part. In general they are just confused about <B>all</B> of evolution. <BR/><BR/><I>I don't doubt that there have been more than a few times throughout history where non-religious women were persecuted (17th century Salem...), ...</I><BR/><BR/>Most of the persecution was done by very religious <B>men</B>. Those women who were smart enough to have some doubts got eliminated. That might explain something about the evolution of intelligence in women .... :-)<BR/><BR/>Seriously, it was mostly men who were the extremists when it comes to religion. That's the opposite of what the evolutionary psychologists were trying to explain in Elisabeth Cornwell's article.<BR/><BR/>BTW, don't forget that men were also put to death by those religious Puritans. Don't you remember your ancestor, <A HREF="http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2008/08/horse-thieves-skeletons-and-black-sheep.html" REL="nofollow">William Potter</A>? He was hung in 1662 for bestiality.Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-26459784317216455712009-02-19T10:04:00.000-05:002009-02-19T10:04:00.000-05:00Aren't the evolutionary psychologists just confusi...Aren't the evolutionary psychologists just confusing the terms "evolution" and "selection"? I don't doubt that there have been more than a few times throughout history where non-religious women were persecuted (17th century Salem...), so maybe these people just need to start calling themselves selectionary psychologists instead. Problem solved.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356752633529157569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-49838132947292058332009-02-17T16:57:00.000-05:002009-02-17T16:57:00.000-05:00There is some evidence that a tendency to be relig...There is some evidence that a tendency to be religious is in fact heritable: see http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2006/11/heritability_of_religiosity.php for discussion of this. Doesn't mean that we have come up with hand-waving adaptive explanations for god-botherers though.<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com