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The "success" of religion is a multi-faceted one. It should be pointed out that Christianity is a minority religion and hence an "anti-Christian" viewpoint hardly could contribute to the success of religion since there are far more non-Christian religions. Additionally, what is "normal Christianity" since there are more varieties of it than there flavors of ice cream. And "normal life" constitutes what? Afraid you're the one looking at everything from a narrow point of view.
Mankind kills out of more than anger. Greed, cultural differences, and just plain pleasure all constitute reasons why people kill either other animals or other human beings themselves.
It's a cultural norm perhaps, but not biologically normal. Embarassment and taboos regarding sex are learned behavior. Raise a human being in an environment without such things and they won't be factors in their personality.
Actually, not every culture traces their lineage the same way. Nor do people view clothing in the same way. Christians find female breasts offensive. Plenty of cultures do not.
There are no natural forces. Culture is learned behavior.
Again, you're looking at things from a very narrow and inaccurate viewpoint. Biologically, human beings are capable of sexual reproduction at any time with anyone. That's one of the differences between humans and many other animals which have specific breeding periods.
As time passes, so too must a culture. To cling to outdated beliefs that might have been useful (if they were indeed ever) at one time out of their chronological context is ridiculous.
You wouldn't have to go back very far in mankind's history. Two thousand years out of tens of thousands of years hardly constitutes "the dawn of time". Mankind got by without Christian taboos for all that time. How? Because they're cultural. For whatever reason they developed, they are not absolutes. We no longer live in the same world in which they were developed. The world has changed. Beliefs and taboos which had their place don't necessarily any longer.
I know plenty of Christians who agree with me. It was only a gratuitous slap at ignorant fundamentalists.
No, they simply separate facts from beliefs.
*Laugh* Do you really believe that or are you just grasping at straws in a lame attempt to offend someone? "Don't point out anything contrary to my beliefs or I'll call you an anarchist!"
It's you who is either a) clinging tenaciously in the face of evidence, or more likely b) speaking out of ignorance. If you can show a legitimate source which cites evidence of human sexual insticts which predispose them to the cultural behavior you're claiming is normal, please enlighten everyone. The fact is that it's cultural behavior, hence learned. And because it's cultural, that means it's not an absolute. If you don't think cultures change, then you really need to learn more about history in addition to anthropology.
Take care,
Jason
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