"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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I think a good argument can be made that one reason people kill and steal
stems from the desire to be happy.

So what? I never said one wasn't.

[...] Thus, I think that recognition of a desire for
happiness (or any other desires or appetites, for that matter) constitutes
a
religion, [...] Nevertheless, I
hypothesize that virtually all laws stem from some religious feeling as I
have defined it.

How conveniently tautological of you.