Breaking the Spell

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by Daniel C. Dennett


  as multinational

  on naming God

  as path to peace

  Reform

  sacrifices on behalf of religion in

  and Temple

  uniformity of profession in

  Judgment Day

  justice

  celestial

  dying for

  ideology and

  love compared with

  materialists as concerned with

  religion motivating work for

  as sacred value

  as transcendent value

  as universal

  Kant, Immanuel

  KGB

  kill, license to

  Kinsey, Alfred C.

  kleptocracy

  Kluger, Jeffrey

  knowledge

  costs of knowing

  and epistemic taboos

  God’s omniscience

  humans stuck with

  for its own sake

  as power

  presumption of

  and rising tide of information

  science as reliable source of

  “what everybody knows”

  See also ignorance

  Koestler, Arthur

  Kohn, Marek

  kosher laws

  Kosovo

  Kuhn, Thomas

  laboratory animals

  lactose tolerance

  Lakoff, George

  language(s)

  age of

  art requiring

  as authorless

  benefit of

  evolution of

  extinctions of

  indeterminacy of radical translation of

  in intentional communication

  learning of

  as nongenetically transmitted

  as practical necessity

  as precondition for science

  and protecting formulas we don’t understand

  species compared with distinct

  stewardship not required for

  variants in transmission of

  wild memes of

  written

  See also words

  laughter

  Lawrence, Raymond J., Jr.

  laws of nature, gratitude toward

  Lawson, E. Thomas

  Lebanon

  legal oaths

  leks

  Lerner, Yoel

  lesbians

  Lewis, C. S.

  Lewis, David

  Lewontin, Richard

  liar paradox

  Liberty Island

  license to kill

  life

  Artificial Life

  after death

  eternal

  meaning of

  myths we live by

  right to

  Sanctity of Human Life

  lifeboat, religion as

  limericks

  Lincoln, Abraham

  linguistic shifts

  “lip service”

  literature, religious

  Little Red Riding Hood

  “live and let live”

  Loch Ness Monster

  Locke, John

  locomotors

  logical arguments for existence of God

  Longman, Robert

  Lord of the Rings, The

  Lord’s Prayer

  Lorenz, Konrad

  love

  of God

  romantic

  as sacred value

  of a tradition

  Lovelock, J. E.

  Lovett, Lyle

  low-fat diets

  loyalty

  brand

  to dictators

  dogs bred for

  “fan”

  to one’s religion

  to tradition

  Lucille (supermarket supervisor)

  luck

  Maalouf, Amin

  MacCready, Paul

  Mackie, John

  madrassahs

  Mafia

  magic

  magic tricks

  magisteria, non-overlapping

  Maine joke

  “majority rule” strategy

  Malebranche, Nicolas de

  male chauvinism

  mammals

  imprinting in

  parasites of

  parental care by

  See also apes

  Manji, Irshad

  Mannheim’s paradox

  man slipping down a precipice

  Marjoe (film)

  Mark 10:21

  market(s)

  agriculture and development of

  competition among denominations in

  for cultural innovations

  growth market in religion

  idea as offensive to some

  for ideas

  of mega-churches

  research by religious leaders

  Marlowe, Christopher

  Martians, theories about religion of

  martinis, drinking

  martyrdom

  Marx, Karl

  Marxism

  mass hypnosis

  mass media, creating doubt through

  master, dog’s devotion to

  Masters, William

  masturbation

  materialism

  maternal mortality rates

  mathematics

  Matrix, The (film)

  matter, change in concept of

  Matthew 13:3–4

  mayflies, life cycle of

  Mayr, Ernst

  McCarthyism

  McCauley, Robert N.

  McCleary, Rachel M.

  McClenon, James

  meaning of life

  religion providing

  seen as religious domain

  Mecca

  medicinal herbs

  mega-churches

  meiosis, cost of

  Melanesia

  memes

  boundaries of

  champions of

  classification and individuation problems of

  competition between

  as cultural replicators

  for divination

  existence of

  for faith

  that foster group solidarity

  germs compared with

  versus group selection

  incomprehensible elements in transmission of

  as information packets

  multiplexing in transmission of

  as nongenetically transmitted

  proto-memes

  versus psychological constraints

  rehearsal in transmission of

  for shamanism

  with stewards

  in swimming

  taxonomy of

  toxic

  memetic engineering

  memory

  content as relevant in

  episodic

  limitations of

  photographic

  ritual as enhancement device for

  rote

  understanding versus

  Mencken, H. L.

  mental health, materialism and

  mere contemplation effect

  Meshoulam, Uriel

  Messiah (Handel)

  metaphor, anthropomorphic language taken as

  metaphysical beliefs

  Method & Theory in the Study of Religion

  methodical selection

  methods of inquiry, refining

  Mickey Mouse

  milk, drinking

  mind(s)

  evolution of

  how nature deals with problem of other

  language and differences in

  “theory of mind”

  See also ideas

  mind-cure movement

  Mind’s I, The (Dennett and Hofstadter)

  ministers

  miracles

  cures

  the natural as opposed to

  witnesses to

  misinformation

  misrepresentation

 
missionaries

  mob hysteria

  moderates

  Mohawks

  moleosophy

  molluscs

  money

  evolutionary rationale for

  theories of religion

  monks

  monoamines

  monotheism

  Moore, R. Laurence

  moral cleansing

  morale, religion as improving

  morality

  changing views on

  crisis of

  fitness distinguished from

  relativism

  religion and

  self-interest and

  in social sciences

  spirituality associated with

  morals in fairy tales

  Moravec, Hans

  Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

  Morning Star

  motion, animate

  mountain climber example

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

  muezzins

  Muhammad

  multiculturalism

  multilevel selection theory

  multiple-choice exams

  multiplexing

  music

  addiction to

  artifice in

  as authorless

  ear for

  folk

  if it were bad for you

  natural versus nonnatural taste in

  organized

  religious

  sexual selection as explanation of

  supernormal stimuli in

  mutations

  of agent-ideas

  evolution as depending on

  indirect quotation as source of

  of VMAT2 gene

  of words

  mutualism

  of divination memes

  of domestication of animals

  of folk religion

  of language memes

  of shamanic healing rituals

  in symbiont theories of religion

  “my lucky stars”

  myomancy

  mysteries

  creed revisions as

  evolutionary theory as having no room

  for

  faith as required for penetrating

  in immunity to disconfirmation

  in physics

  scientific method applied to

  mystery novels

  “mystical germ”

  mythology

  myths we live by

  Nagel, Thomas

  Nag Hammadi gospels

  Nambudiri

  name-memes

  National Football League

  Native Americans

  natural disasters

  natural food

  natural history

  Natural History of Religion, The (Hume)

  natural kinds

  natural religion

  natural selection

  as algorithm

  differential replication in

  gene centrism versus external

  continuities in

  in genetic engineering

  group

  mind affected by

  scientific evidence for

  as substrate-neutral

  transition from unconscious selection to

  See also competition; fitness; mutations

  Naturwissenschaften

  Neanderthals

  Needham, Rodney

  Nelson, Bill

  nephomancy

  neuro-economics

  neutrality about religion

  New Age phenomena

  Newberg, Andrew

  New Britain Island

  “New Replicators, The” (Dennett)

  New Testament God

  Newton, Isaac

  Nietzsche, Friedrich

  nipple, finding and clinging to

  Nixon, Richard

  nondenominational

  non-overlapping magisteria,

  nonsense, attention-grabbing

  “no religion” response

  norms of production

  Norris, Kathleen

  novelties

  “now, ” meaning of

  nucleotides

  Number One, looking out for

  numerology

  nuptial gifts

  nutrition

  oaths, legal

  objet trouvé

  Oklahoma City bombing

  Oldfield, Sir Maurice

  Old Testament God

  Oliver, Simon

  Olsen, Ken

  omniscience

  one-child policy in China

  One True God: Historical Consequences of

  Monotheism (Stark)

  On the Origin of Species (Darwin)

  “on the side of angels”

  Ontological Argument

  open marriage

  open-mindedness

  “opiate of the masses”

  opinion, versus belief

  oral cultures, ritual as memory-enhancement device in

  organized religion

  age of

  as distraction from root phenomenon

  folk religion’s transition to

  traces of folk religion in

  orgasms in women

  Orgel’s Second Rule

  Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, The (Jaynes)

  orthopraxy, versus orthodoxy

  other minds, how nature deals with problem of

  otherworldly rewards

  “‘ought’ implies ‘can’”

  “Our Lord”

  outmoded terminology

  Oxford English Dictionary

  ozone layer

  Pagels, Elaine

  pain, as intrinsically bad

  Paine, Thomas

  Palestine

  Paley, William

  Palmer, Craig T.

  Panikkar, Raimundo

  pantheism

  Papua New Guinea

  paradoxology

  paranormal

  paraphrase

  parasite(s)

  Dicrocelium dendriticum as

  divination memes and

  memes as

  religion as

  sexual reproduction for combating

  Toxoplasma gondii as

  parents

  care by

  and religious education

  Parker, Dorothy

  Parliament of World Religions

  “passing the buck”

  pastoralism

  patents

  Patmore, Coventry

  Paul, Saint

  peace

  peaceful coexistence

  peacocks

  pearl theories

  pedophiles

  Pegasus

  Penan

  performance, religious

  petroleum reserves

  Perry Mason Fan Club

  Persinger, Michael

  personal rules

  Pew Research Center

  phallocentrism

  pharmaceutical companies

  Philby, Kim

  Phillips, Emo

  Phillips, Tom

  Phillips, Wendell

  philosophy

  for finding right questions

  as making the familiar strange

  open-mindedness to every idea in

  of religion

  religion contrasted with

  unenviable reputation of

  photographic memory

  Picasso, Pablo

  pigeons

  Pike, Nelson

  Piltdown Man

  Pinker, Steven

  Pitts, Joseph

  placebo effect

  Plantinga, Alvin

  Plato

  plots, strategic information and

  Poland

  polar bears

  polarization

  policy prescriptions

 
politeness

  political beliefs

  political leaders

  Polk, David

  poltergeists

  polytheism

  Pomio Kivung cult

  popular culture

  population genetics

  pornography

  Porter, Cole

  positive-feedback escalators

  postmodernism

  potlatch ceremonies

  practical animism

  “Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition” (song)

  prayer

  answered

  to anthropomorphic gods

  to nonanthropomorphic gods

  studies on efficacy of

  as talking to God

  unanswered

  precocial species

  pre-emptive disqualification strategy

  Presley, Elvis

  pretending

  price-inversion effect

  priests

  alliance with political leaders

  “bedside manner” of

  collaborating with scientists

  condemning fanatics by

  as “Father”

  guilds of

  and love of God

  moral authority delegated to

  penalties for failure to obey

  religion as Priestertrug

  in vetting scientists studying religion

  vocations after Vatican II

  prions

  prison population, religious affiliation and

  private religions

  probability amplitudes

  profession

  versus belief

  continuity in

  science doing more than

  uniformity of

  Professor Faith

  progress

  Prohibition

  promiscuity

  promises

  pronunciation

  proofreading enzymes

  pro-social norms

  Providence

  Prozac

  Psalms

  psychic forces

  psychic surgery

  psychoanalysis

  psychology

  divisions in

  evolutionary

  folk

  memes versus constraints of

  study of religion by

  public opinion

  pudus

  “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps”

  punishment

  Puritans

  Pyper, Hugh

  pyramid schemes

  Pyysièainen, Ilkka

  QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Feynman)

  quantum electrodynamics

  questioning

  questionnaire design

  questionnaire for belief in God

  quid pro quo bargains

  Quine, W. V. O

  Quinian crossword puzzle

  rabbis

  racism

  rain dances

  Ramachandran, Vilayanur

  Ramadan

  R & D (research and development)

  randomness

  Rappaport, Roy

  Rapture

  rational choice

  rationales

  represented

  See also free-floating rationale

  rationality

  rats

  Ratzinger, Cardinal

  reading, religion compared to

  Reagan, Ronald

  “Real Patterns” (Dennett)

  receptor molecules

  recipes

  “red-diaper babies”

  reductionism

  red wine

  reflection

  reflexivity

  Reform Judaism

  regularities, environmental

 

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