> I don*t see how this theory would necessarily conflict with theism.
> (Although as I type this I*m sure someone will tell me why it does.) I
> appreciate your opinions and patience with my posts.
The conflict may appear when someone wants to apply this and other models
(sociobiology in general) to human beings. In this case, all the human
behaviors would be modulated intrinsically by this principles, what
excludes any sense of free will, for instance. How can you say that I am a
sinner if I am just obeying what my genes are dictating? Or, in a
Dawkinian vernacule, how can you condemn a VEHICULE just because the
REPLICATORS are bad?
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Departamento de Zoologia
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
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