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ome selection within groups. He further suggested that group selection is nearly always weak, so that group-related adaptations do not exist (3). Richard Dawkins (I) popularized the notion that traits which evolve arc adaptive at the gene level through his use of the metaphor of the selfish gene. Genes ser

-8). For instance, in The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

s Confessions . 6 But the most dramatic example of a religious EFTA_R1_01522117 EFTA02444880 Page 133 humanism that spread simultaneously into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can be found when the lost texts of Aristotle were discovered, translated, and appropriated by scholars from these three

Science (1874), and Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008). Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007), 270-95. I For a

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t in modem theories about the very nature of religion." Modem objections to anthropomorphism have taken two major forms. First, traditions within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have long opposed the worship of "idols," and regarded anthropomorphism as a dangerous assault against genuine piety and

(3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doct

science (or religion) is the one and only valid way of understanding human behavior and the world around us (3-8). For instance, in 7he God Delusion, Richard Dawkins places specific Judeo- Christian theological doctrines under the scrutiny of science only to find that none passes scientific muster. The vast major

mbrance developed in his Confessions.° But the most dramatic example of a religious HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021278 humanism that spread simultaneously into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can be found when the lost texts of Aristotle were discovered, translated, and appropriated by scholars from these three rel

and Science (1874), and Andrew Dickson White, A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008). ' Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007), 270-95. ' For a sa

om (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008

ept in modern theories about the very nature of religion.” Modern objections to anthropomorphism have taken two major forms. First, traditions within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have long opposed the worship of “idols,” and regarded anthropomorphism as a dangerous assault against genuine piety and pro