#25 Andrew Mark Henry - What is Religion?
Within Reason
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The Decline of Religious Belief
We live in one of the most peaceful times that the world has ever known. Do you think this might have something to do with the fact that it's actually very difficult to imagine a war breaking out in the United States? There are more options now to try to augment your agency in this world, so if you do have wealth, you can try to buy your way out of problems. This is how I think about magical ritual in the Roman Empire. It was just one of the creative strategies that people turned to to try to cope with something like typhus or losing a limb."
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