Are the Stresses of Living Together in a Large Community?

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There is that shift between, youare the greek gods, who are mainly concerned with, like, fucking and killing each other, verses the christian god. Whereas the the later gods are inclined to send messengers to wag their fingers at you in the form of prophets,. aelp or er r, various kinds of religious ar figures. But thisis really seems to be related to the growing need to manage a, the frictions of living together in very large communities. Only these these further phases seem to come in a quite specific stages. So the doctrinal religion seem to appear at big o nelithi, when people are first starting to live in settled settlements.

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.