tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post5725423829133500612..comments2016-08-20T19:14:01.630+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-51227100699527614772009-12-01T07:31:52.712+01:002009-12-01T07:31:52.712+01:00I think humans have an uncanny ability to compartmentalize their beliefs. Their religious beliefs remain in a separate region in their subconscious protected from the ravages of their own logic and reasoning.<br />How else can you explain why perfectly sane/rational people believe that a man survived for days in the belly of a fish (Christianity), or that man is continuously reincarnated in a vain attempt to achieve nirvana (Buddhism) etc.<br />Religion can almost be seen as Darwinian in nature. It has to continuously evolve to remain relevant and not be relegated to obscurity like thousands of other religions in human history. Therefore, religions usually have tenets which evolved to perpetuate this compartmentalization and protect it from rationality. Most religions label any rationality which questions their tenets as blasphemy and actively discourage their followers from removing their compartments.Obihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10495658091069148279[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-7605693517670344502009-11-30T23:02:13.617+01:002009-11-30T23:02:13.617+01:00Hi Jeremy,<br />I like your inquisitiveness... But have you actually ready any of the Books to understand why the sacrifice? And I don&#39;t mean reading something out of context, I mean reading the entirety of it. I&#39;m not advocating the sacrifice of animals of peope but more important is the significance of sacrifice itself. Whether of animals, people, trees or material things.Homie GFunkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16979090688392019381[email protected]