On 17 Jul 99 01:55:09 GMT, czar at ecn.ab.ca () wrote:
>Jeffrey P. Utz, M.D. (utzj at auhs.edu) wrote:
>>: Interestingly, people who live their lives based on their religious
>: beliefs, whether western religion, eastern religion, native American
>: religion, or atheism live longer and healthier than those who don't.
>>Atheism isn't a religion, idiot. And people with pets live longer,
>healthier lives than those without pets. So what does this tell us?
>
Sure, atheism is a religion. Agnosticism isn't a religion but atheism is
a positive set of beliefs about the nature of the universe which fits
any sensible definition of the word.
And I wouldn't be surprised to learn that atheists live longer than
agnostics.
It appears thet the human brain comes hardwired to aquire religious
belief in much the same way it's hardwired to aquire language. I suspect
that it's evolved as a necessary adjunct of high inteligence to protect
us from knowledge of mortality.
