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Letter: Letter

Published 5 July 2003

From Sean Samis

The entirety of Dunbar’s article assumes that religious concepts are useful but fundamentally inaccurate beliefs – there is no other way to make sense of his line of reasoning. But where in your fine pages is an exploration or consideration of the logical alternative: that concepts of God occur in humans because – gasp! – God exists?

If that is so, then Dunbar’s prose becomes as silly as a search for the sociological roots of the belief in trees. Your response may be that religious writing is inappropriate in ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµ. I agree, but that means Dunbar’s article is inappropriate too.

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, US

Issue no. 2402 published 5 July 2003

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