Doing What Comes Naturally
The Guardian has an interesting article that asks Why Do We Believe in God?
The article discusses ideas such as whether religious belief had survival value for the species and is inherited, the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic religious belief, and the role religious belief has in the well being of particular groups of believers.
posted by Lynn @ 9:58 AM
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An interesting article. I have never considered the genetic possibility. But I have never considered many thing.
AC,
I became interested in the scientific aspect of religious belief several years ago. One of the classic books is William James's book The Varieities of Religious Experience. A recent book I found very interesting is Pascal Boyer's Religion Explained. Boyer's idea is that religion makes use of normal cognitive processes that have evolved. Another interesting book is Armand M. Nicholi's The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life. There was Public television series based on the book.
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