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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we’re hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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Every kid has a bug period… I never grew out of mine.
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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
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