Posts by Obbe

1. 2015-09-13 at 3:45 PM UTC in The Universe and You
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   Consider how much air is not inside your lungs right now. That doesn't mean there isn't air inside of you. Nothing said in the OP is incorrect. The good thing about science is that it's true whether you agree with it or not. So, do you have a legitimate reason to be calling this bullshit, or do you just not like the idea of being connected to everything else?
2. 2015-09-13 at 8:11 AM UTC in The Universe and You
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
   
   The molecules that make up your body and the atoms that construct the molecules are traceable to the centers of high mass stars that long ago exploded their chemically rich guts into the galaxy. We are all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically and to the rest of the Universe atomically. We are living within the universe, and the universe is living within us.
   
   If you go off very far into a forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything. Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.
   
3. 2015-09-13 at 6:48 AM UTC in Freedom or Security
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   Is true freedom or true security actually obtainable?
4. 2015-09-13 at 6:44 AM UTC in Freedom or Security
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   Get Free
   
   
5. 2015-09-13 at 6:36 AM UTC in WE need more shit like this.
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
6. 2015-09-12 at 6:26 PM UTC in Freedom or Security
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   Is freedom or security more important?
   
   Some would say we cannot give up our freedoms to gain more security without losing both.
   
   Others would argue that security grants us freedom. That you cannot have one without the other.
   
   What do you think is more important? Freedom, or security?
7. 2015-09-12 at 2:19 PM UTC in How did religion begin?
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

   To answer the question: even animals mourn their dead. This behavior in ancient humans, combined with events frequently inexplicable from their contemporary ignorance, led to ancestral worship.
   
   Or at least, that's one way religion started.
   
   There is also the etiological explanation provided above. Personally, I suspect that's somewhat later in the chain, but particularly witty savages may have invented the gods to distract their pesky kids.

   
   Animals don't have the kind of mentality to be able to "invent" myths to distract each other. The modern human mind took a long time to develop, and religious beliefs are likely older.
   
   Ancestor worship in combination with the stresses of survival in primitive times likely caused our ancestors to experience hallucinations. The ancient story of Horus and Osiris tells us how a dying king would become his peoples God and continue to rule over them from beyond the grave through hallucinations.
8. 2015-09-11 at 10:46 PM UTC in How did religion begin?
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

   It could have its roots in schizophrenics, amusingly enough. Recall coming across a rough overview on theories about schizophrenia, how the prevalence is too high to be explained without there being something to offset the natural reproductive disadvantage, shamans in some form being or having been a part of nearly every culture found.
   
   I've actually read some of the bible, up until the last book by Moses (allegedly), where I could bear no more. I have no problem believing these were the product of a deranged madman.

   
   Schizophrenia may very well be the vestigial remains of a primitive mentality and religion the remains of their culture.