Why religion is appealing (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, December 09, 2010, 05:09 (5076 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

There has always been a community motive for religion, and that same community has always been a source of contention between two congregations of disparate thoughts. What I am more curious about is why so many people have felt the need for a god to begin with. Based of its pervasiveness and archaeological evidence we can assume that the vast majority of all humans who ever lived had at least some notion of God, despite vast differences in culture, and vast geological separation.-The exact point made by Karen Armstrong in her book, "A History of God'. She thought we were programmed to be religious.