What separates us from the animals? My psychology professor asked us this today. Answers varied: Government, morality, technology. And religion. Theory by theory, he discounted each of these. Studies have shown that wolves have government, monkeys have morality and apes can use technology. He came to religion and said, "The fundamental part of religion is ritual. Babies have been given this test. There's a puzzle box. All you have to do is remove a rod, but if the animal is shown a human, tapping the sides of the boxes, turning around, spinning the box around and then removing the rod to make the box open, the baby will complete the whole ritual without ever figuring out that all you have to do is remove the rod. It's just that simple."
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About Me!Hannah writes to satisfy her imagination. She's written six books so far--five of which need to be rewritten--and is working on a seventh. She ranges through a variety of genres, but favors contemporary YA, fixing broken characters. She wants to use her writing to change people and bring hope. She's currently going to college for Nursing and that takes up most of her writing time. She's a rather stereotypical writer, talking to imaginary friends, eavesdropping on people at the store, secretly being nosy, stashing herself away in her room with a paper and pen and chocolate and her teddy bear. She loves Jesus, the way the morning smells, her family of seven (four siblings), old movies, fairy tales, candles at night and helping people. She writes on another blog at nerdywriter.blogspot.com to hopefully build her chances of publication. My Author Site:Archives
December 2016
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