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#10 — Richard Dawkins | Outgrowing God

Within Reason

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The Evolution of Suffering

The reason that suffering is bad or that it's experience is bad is because we've evolved to feel suffering. As a Darwinian I would have to say you could breed animals that might pain. homosexual behavior doesn't do any harm it doesn't hurt anybody it doesn't cause any suffering. If somebody has a philosophical belief that inflicting pain is good then they should not be allowed to live in a society where people don't have insurance.

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