Steve Denney pointed me to a book that is on the top of my list to buy now: When Nietzsche Wept. He wrote a short entry about the book as Another Reason God Won’t Die,” following up on his earlier article for Political Cartel.
This quote from the book really spoke to me and made me want to read it even more:
There [is] a basic division of the ways of men: those who wish for peace of soul and happiness must believe and embrace faith, while those who wish to pursue the truth must forsake peace of mind and devote their life to inquiry.
There is an interesting article in the New York Times that discusses the “Evolution of the God Gene.” Seems that through the process of natural selection human beings have become naturally predisposed to seek the religion of their society and culture. Compliments my arguments that religion satisfies people’s natural search for order and purpose and that it serves as a sort of society glue. Both are discussed.
This statement at the end of the article is particularly interesting, in that it shifts the blame for wicked events from religion to world leaders – probably a more accurate claim.
“If religion is seen as a means of generating social cohesion, it is a society and its leaders that put that cohesion to good or bad ends.”
Check it out: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/12wade.html?_r=1&ref=global-home