I think it makes you kind of happier, and it makes you, um, healthier, most likely. And it does create a sense of community. But the downside is when it starts to get very large. That clearly leads to these,. i na, awful history of large scale ligion in which you end up with massive religious wars. We probably will be better off if we don't have this sort of thing at all.
Instead of debunking religious beliefs, what if we investigated where religion comes from, and why it’s virtually universal across human cultures? Anthropologist and “How Religion Evolved And Why It Endures” author Robin Dunbar joins Adam to discuss the origins of religion. He describes how touch, laughter, and song bonded people together, and the social role of religious rituals such as sin-eating. You can purchase Robin’s book here: http://factuallypod.com/books
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