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Religion and Morality Origins
- Three possibilities explain religion's link to morality: religion gives morality, morality drives religion, or both share common roots.
- These include psychological intuitions about justice and conceptions of supernatural agency.
Community Drives Religious Benefits
- Religion's communal aspect fosters morality and well-being more than specific beliefs.
- Weekly meetings and rituals build bonds atheism often lacks, impacting health and happiness.
Doubt's Challenge to Belief
- David Pizarro finds existential crises about life's meaning unfamiliar and hard to relate to.
- He describes his religious upbringing and distress when doubting those beliefs.