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Religion

cleanhippie

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8. How we came to believe in religion is no mystery at all.

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 12:18 PM

Nov 2013

This is a great, and factual, book about how and why we believe.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00D9TAAB8

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Will a child find religion on its own? [View all] DetlefK Nov 2013 OP

The premise of religion is that God is revealed. rug Nov 2013 #1

But does this revelation need mortal assistance? DetlefK Nov 2013 #3

Technically no. rug Nov 2013 #7

I think they can gopiscrap Nov 2013 #2

I think that the assumption that religion is solely about the belief in a god or gods is faulty. cbayer Nov 2013 #4

Apparently human beings in diverse places discovered religion for the first time Lint Head Nov 2013 #5

The argument has been made that religion provided an evolutionary advantage. cbayer Nov 2013 #6

Other than being a consensus that humans created, as we became tribal, to prevent murdering Lint Head Nov 2013 #9

Based on how you see it, I can see why you wouldn't see any evolutionary cbayer Nov 2013 #10

The original post asks a quesion that cannot be answered because religion is here. Lint Head Nov 2013 #11

Agree that the original question can't be answered. cbayer Nov 2013 #12

How we came to believe in religion is no mystery at all. cleanhippie Nov 2013 #8

This Michael Shermer? rug Nov 2013 #13

For an interesting elaboration that agrees with yes, see "Lord of the Flies." dimbear Nov 2013 #14

"My Little Pig-head on a Stick"? DetlefK Nov 2013 #15

I personally know people who were raised in non-religious homes but Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2013 #16

Since when is a child an "it?" okasha Nov 2013 #17

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