“You don’t have to believe in God to pray.”

[Jim__]

14. People are social by nature.

I worked as a software engineer for a number of years. A woman I worked with used to come and sit next to me and ask me to just listen to her. She'd tell me about some problem she was unsuccessfully trying to resolve. After describing the problem to me she'd usually thank me and say she knew the answer now. I knew what she meant. I had never thought of it in the same terms that she had, but I'd had the same experience. After working for hours or even days unsuccessfully trying to resolve a problem, just talking to someone else was sufficient for me to see the solution.

People are social by nature and it would not really be surprising if our problem solving skills were stronger in some type of group setting than a solitary setting. People are also tend to be religious. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there is a connection.