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Another reason suggested by psychologist Jesse Bering is that religion is an evolutionary advantage, with those who believe in a higher power being more cooperative, conformist, patient and restrained than those who don’t. These people would survive better in communities with other people. Another idea that explains our faith is that of ‘Promiscuous Teleology’. That being the tendency of people to explain everything as if it were created – as though it has a purpose. An example of this is if you turn on a light, and then the bulb dies. You think, “Who messed with this bulb?” ignoring the fact that it simply degraded with use. In some ways this is egocentric, and associates ourselves with everything, but it is also easy to associate God with

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