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The Atheist Experience 26.46 11-13-22 Forrest Valkai and Jim Barrows

The Atheist Experience

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The Emotional Aspect of Religion

So many of the aspects of religion could definitely be survival traits. So I think that too, it's not wrong. There's a reason why like prayer and worship leaders are so successful because they know how to manipulate somebody's emotions. That builds community that is strong bonding. The emotional aspect of it is something that you really, you know, wouldn't take into account with most other animals.

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