Religion a product of evolution?

From: Brad Paulsen (brad.paulsen@gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 27 2008 - 19:38:10 MDT


FYI,

***www.NewScientist.com - NEWSFLASH***

Religion is a product of evolution, software suggests.

God may work in mysterious ways, but a simple computer program called Evogod
may explain how religion evolved. By assuming that a small number of people
have a genetic predisposition to pass along unverifiable information, the
program predicts that religion will flourish. However, according to the US
scientist who wrote the program, religion only takes hold if non-believers
help believers out - perhaps because they are impressed by their devotion.

Read the full story here:
http://email.newscientist.com/cgi-bin1/DM/y/eBWXh0MQPnT0mli0E3Qg0Es

Cheers,

Brad



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