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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

private experience of God is built through a profoundly social learning process. Belief and Connection 13. Theological Perspectives on God as an Invisible Force The beliefs that religious individuals hold about the way God operates in human life are potential factors affecting perceived social isolation.

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

m (1896). For a more recent example, see Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 20

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(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

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