Revlgking wrote:
"And, while you are at it, Kate, Rusty and Rose, keep in mind that there is such a thing as PSYCHOLOGY of religion: The serious and objective study of what is it about human nature which makes the vast majority of us want to believe in something beyond the gods of materialism?"
There is the quite reasonable idea that selection led to the human need for a religion. It provided an evolutionary advantage to groups that had it. At some stage, and possibly mtEve's line has got something to do with it, it became an advantage to live in groups larger than simply the ape-type family group. Bands that developed a tribal conciousness out-competed those without. Therefore there is nothing inherently true about religion, it's just that it's been hard-wired into our instincts, whatever they are.
