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Originally posted by Usmellgass2?
I believe that to be very true, but does not fully explain why it is so universally practiced, for so long. I think the reason the folks keep it is because it is a mechanism to calm fear of mortality.
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I think it goes much deeper than this. Studies have shown that the "tendency to believe" is approximately 50% genetic. The rest is a mix of environment, level of education, etc.
One thing is for sure - religion has been around (in one form or 100,000 or so) for the past 10k years. It's not going anywhere.
Mike