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Re: Religious Festivities

From:Eric Christopherson <eric@...>
Date:Friday, December 25, 1998, 5:15
J. Barefoot wrote:
> Eric Christopherson <eric@...> wrote: > >Perhaps the idea is that humans have outgrown religion in favor of > >science. > > Outgrown religion? Why should a culture outgrow religion? Religion and > science are two completely different spheres of expression, both equally > important to the identity of a culture. Is the idea that humans > inevitably grow out of religion when they discover science?
I just bought that book recently, but haven't gotten ( "got" for you Brits :D ) around to reading it yet. It looks fascinating though :)