Thalia Wheatley - What Causes Religious Belief?

3,020 views · Published 15 August 2017 · 1:31 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Closer To Truth · 2017 · Education

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Religious belief is everywhere. Why so pervasive, ubiquitous across diverse human cultures? What motivates the universal belief in things we cannot see? Some say the reason is 'God'—assuming God exists, then surely God would have made it so that humans would have religion.

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