Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: An article “Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around: study”

from an article on phys.org (one of my favorite science article compiling sites) "An international research team, including a member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, investigated the role of "big gods" in the rise of complex large-scale societies. Big gods are defined as moralizing deities who punish ethical transgressions. Contrary to prevailing theories, the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: An article “Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around: study”

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Anti-Israel isn’t anti-Semitic

While I’m still dealing with influenza (I always forget just how horrible it makes you feel (and to see why you do feel horrible see here)) , I thought I’d do a post about the current religious nonsense here in the US. We have conservative Christians having a tizzy that a US representative criticizes the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Anti-Israel isn’t anti-Semitic