LOki
The Yaweh of Mischief
- Mar 26, 2006
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Every shred of historical evidence condradicts this opinion completely. You can dismiss religion's potential evolutionary purpose going forward, but to dismiss the purposes it has served to this point is wholly ignorant.
Fact: The species [mankind] has not just survived, but thrived.
Fact: An overwhelming majority of the members of the species throughout history practiced religion.
Mathematically, you'd be hard-pressed to find another single social attribute that is so highly correlated with survival. Just because you are stuggling with the "why" isn't sufficient reason to dismiss the readily observable "what."
Fact: Correlation does not mean causation.