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The Dark Side Of Man
by Michael Ghiglieri, Joshua Bilmes

The Dark Side Of Man
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Author: Joshua Bilmes, Michael Ghiglieri
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-04
ISBN: 0738203157
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Basic Books
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  • ISBN13: 9780738203157
  • Condition: New
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Book Review: A rather grim look at the effects of original sin
Summary: 3 Stars

The book is a graphic exploration of violence in humans--especially men--and other primates, with a chapter each devoted to the subjects of rape, murder, warfare, and genocide. Because the book is completely secular, the author does not consider the possibility of original sin as a cause for all of this, but still the book provides ample descriptions of the effects of original sin. I am not an anthropologist, so I cannot comment on the strength or weakness of his anthropological arguments, but his view is clearly that the purpose of life is "to live long enough to procreate before you become food for somebody else" (to quote Calvin and Hobbes). If there is no eternal life as taught by Christianity, then life is indeed as grim and meaningless as he has described; if there is, however, it literally makes all the difference in the world.

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