The Problem of the Religious Comunes in the United States

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In your view, religioni is actually adaptive to the problem of living in settlements. Allowed us to live in larger groups. And what i find really fascinating about your li let me just give you a eos that actually, and it's an example close to home. So we looked at a a big data base of nineteenth century american millennial communes. O these were people tri to escape the wicked, wickedness of of the east coast,. clearlynd t wickedness of europe and other places.

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.