Reddit reviews Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society
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I also do believe that religions are evolutionary group survival mechanisms. One of the best books I read on the topic is this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Cathedral-Evolution-Religion-Society/dp/0226901343
Darwin's Cathedral will interest you.
>Everything you have ever learned or thought is composed of memes
This is not correct. A meme is only a meme if it is transferable (or more pragmatically, gets transferred). If I have a thought that nobody has known before and tell nobody (or more aptly, if you cannot learn it from me), it is not a meme. For comparison, a random assortment of GCTA is not a gene. You might also enjoy The Meme Machine.
> What's wrong with having an opinion critical of Islam in general?
That is the key point. Some people view Islam negatively in general, but this article conflates the public's dislike of militant Islam and the authors dislike of Islam in general. If he could just be honest about his views like you are, then I wouldn't have a problem with it,
> Religion should be held to a higher level of respect where criticism is illegal? Is that your view?
I am an athiest and my views on religion are somewhat similar to those outlined in this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Darwins-Cathedral-Evolution-Religion-Society/dp/0226901343
Somewhat similar but not exactly. But that book's thesis is in the right direction.