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ophidiophobia Morbid fear of snakes. See Phobia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I read Steven Pinker's article ("The Evolutionary Psychology of Religion" September/October 2006) with great interest and found an omission in one of the "plausible attempts to explain religion as a biological adaptation" Pinker cites the fear of snakes as an example of "plausible adaptation," but what seems on the surface obvious to me wasn't mentioned--that religion is a ritualized mechanism for various people to cope with the fear of death. What are the chances that these seemingly Padres-rattled Dodgers develop a sudden fear of snakes this weekend? The primitive fear of snakes, of falling, of strangers, of darkness and the unknown, come from archaic times. |
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