Loyal Rue: Religion Is Not About God

Loyal Rue presenting the central concept of his 2006 book, "Religion Is Not About God," at the Beyond Belief Conference held in California in 2006. Rue is a philosopher and natural historian of cultures, and he is one of the leaders of both the scholarly endeavor to understand the evolutionary roots and functions of religion and the cultural movement to bring a mainstream understanding of "big history" (aka, the "epic of evolution") into prominence as a secular, religious, and moral resource.

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[spiritualnaturalist]

Thanks for posting this :)

[MassLiberal1]

Interesting. I should read his book.

[SecularResponse]

I like this! While I agree with the premise that Facts and Values are distinct, I lean toward Sam Harris' view that we will eventually narrow the distance between the two as neuroscience improves our understanding. If we can quantify values, even in a slightly better way than we do now it cannot help but bring the two sides of this most contentious debate toward mutual understanding. This has a good chance of taming, if not de-clawing the beast of Revelations.