On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Ray Audette wrote:

> Religions are used by humans to cope with problems that we are not
> programmed to deal with in our DNA.

Hmm... This is also true of language and technology.

> The first evidence of religion appears in the fossil record when Man entered
> into a domestic relationship with dogs.

I thought you said the Neanderthal didn't have this relationship
with dogs, which is why they had so much osteoarthritis.  They
did have religion, as shown by their funeral practices.

Todd Moody
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