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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by arvinsim on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:00AM (#37722731)
To worship is part of being human.

If people don't find anything else worthy of worship, then they simply worship themselves.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by wizofaus on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:59AM (#37723776)
"To worship is part of being human."

Proof for that? I don't deny is has been a big part of much of human existence over the millennia, but there's zero evidence it's a necessary part of our very being.

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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by CatWChainsaw on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:56AM (#37725487)
How would you design experiments to test its necessity?
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by wizofaus on Sunday October 01, 2023 @10:33PM (#37733313)
Why would you need to? I've never worshipped anything in my life as far as I can tell, yet I'm pretty sure I'm a functioning human being.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by CatWChainsaw on Monday October 02, 2023 @10:30PM (#37747228)
It's not about need, it's about ambition, a trait often lauded here.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by pauldenton on Monday October 02, 2023 @04:30AM (#37735398)
the proof is that spiritualism and religion have independently formed in every culture and every far flung corner on Earth. Easter Island had religion. Inuit had religion. Australian natives had religion. If humans ever settled on Antarctica they would have religion.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse by standardUser on Sunday October 01, 2023 @11:37AM (#37726917)
You get that in a Cracker Jack box or what?
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