Friday, September 13, 2013

The Religious Impulse?

Yesterday we finished the reading and then visited the cafe for Team / Club day.

Today you can finish your work on the reading and then address these questions about the religious impulse in humans - after all, 85% of people practice a religion.

The Religious Impulse?
1. Explain the evolution of religion.  Define your terms as you use them, e.g. “religion”.

2. Explain why the features of religion that makes it such a powerful force in human history.

 3. Does practicing a religion develop an advantage from a Darwinian standpoint (i.e. an advantage in competition for resources, selective advantage, survival of the fittest)?

4.       How is religion an adaptation to circumstances (think Darwinism again)?

5.      Explain an example of looking at the natural history of a religion.

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