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#604 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Story Of Human Friendship

Modern Wisdom

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What Religion Does Through Its Rituals

religion does through its rituals is create this sense of commitment and belonging. If you have that built into a kind of moral code which is sanctioned by a god or gods in some form it puts it in a different plane are you saying if a higher power is watching my speedometerYes now the thing is when you're driving down route 66 in your old jalopy nobody can see what you're doing after in the desert except for him but there is somebody who's watching somebody's watching.

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