>From:    Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]>
>
>On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:32:53 -0600, Katrina <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >>Religion? There's a ton of things we 'believe' that
> >>cannot be 'proven'. Can't lump them *all* into a
> >>catch-all category called religion, now can we?
> >
> >I will get told off if I turn this into a philosophical discussion, but I
> >do think that all beliefs are religions are not based upon reality but upon
> >pattern projection of the human mind.  The Paleo diet is a religion, as is
> >the low fat diet, and the high carb diet, and the vegetarian diet, and the
> >zone diet.

There was a thread on rec.arts.sf.fandom discussing the NYT article.  As
part of that discussion someone theorized "Diets satisfy some of the same
psychological needs as religious discipline."

While I don't actively proselytize the "Paleo Way," I do tend to talk about
it like a Enthusiastic Convert and True Believer.  :-)

Janice in GA