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Originally Posted by InfiniteNow
Sorry to have to disagree with you here, mate, but I do. Shouldn't one first prove there is a such thing as unicorns before they go on conjecturing about which chemical causes them to be different colors?
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Woah there, cowboy! Hold on to yer horses!
The concept of human monogamy is prevalent throughout most cultures. As fallacious as that might be, the
idea that we are monogamous exist. And what would give rise to that idea? It's not, however much you might want to turn this into a religious thing, exclusively because of religion that we might
think we are, or
should be, at least, monogamous. The Kalahari Bushmen I mentioned above serves as a case in point.
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Originally Posted by InfiniteNow
Humans are not monogamous, and if there were some genetic instinct for us to be then we wouldn't see such commonality in infidelity nor differing behaviors across the various cultures.
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Yet, the
idea of human monogamy is prevalent, spanning cultures and religions. Why would that be, and why would getting to the root of that not be a discussion worthy of science? I find it very curious.
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My first foray into science and research was several years in the human sexuality lab at our university, and I have a fairly firm grasp of this topic.
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"Firm grasp" on the topic... at the sex lab? Man, I can think of a million witty comebacks to that one...
But then again, arguing from authority is in itself a bit of a no-no. There's only one thing that carries weight, and that's your argument. And you are the very first one to raise religion here, not HB.
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The data to the contrary is so plain that the idea itself can be discarded on its face (not to mention HBs history of posting unfounded nonsense grounded in false premises).
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Once again, I think you missed a bit in my last post - the one you objected to:
Personally, I don't think humans are monogamous. Not as a species, at least. You get cases like my cousin who'll be just too glad to get laid at least once, for all he's gettin' now. But that's on an individual basis. What I'm getting at is that the
idea of human monogamy is prevalent - and the discussion of how and why we got to believe that particular line of BS is worthy of discussion - and no, however much you may want the contrary to be the case, religion is not the sole proprietor of the idea that humans are supposed to be monogamous.
