In the science sub-forum there is a thread about the linguist Daniel Everett whose study of the Pirahã language challenges Chomsky's Universal Grammar theory.
He was also once a missionary who tried to convert the Pirahã to Christianity, and in this video he explains how his attempts failed and how the Pirahã were mostly bemused by his telling of the gospels and his "testimony". He also believes that the Pirahã are an example of a group of people thought not to exist, i.e one who has no theological beliefs at all, and no creation myths, which would falsify an argument made by Claude Levi-Strauss who had argued that every society has one, and it seems to counter the conventional wisdom that all societies have some religious views or another, or have a culture ultimately rooted in religion.
Everett argues further that the fact that the Pirahã are without religion and also have cohesive and an apparently happy society with moral expectations also goes towards refuting the idea that religion is necessary for "good" behaviour.
It's a little long, about 45 minutes, but pretty interesting and I thought some people here would like to watch it. It was recorded, presumably in 2009 or 2010 and is at the Freedom from Religion Foundation:
He was also once a missionary who tried to convert the Pirahã to Christianity, and in this video he explains how his attempts failed and how the Pirahã were mostly bemused by his telling of the gospels and his "testimony". He also believes that the Pirahã are an example of a group of people thought not to exist, i.e one who has no theological beliefs at all, and no creation myths, which would falsify an argument made by Claude Levi-Strauss who had argued that every society has one, and it seems to counter the conventional wisdom that all societies have some religious views or another, or have a culture ultimately rooted in religion.
Everett argues further that the fact that the Pirahã are without religion and also have cohesive and an apparently happy society with moral expectations also goes towards refuting the idea that religion is necessary for "good" behaviour.
It's a little long, about 45 minutes, but pretty interesting and I thought some people here would like to watch it. It was recorded, presumably in 2009 or 2010 and is at the Freedom from Religion Foundation:
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