(October 28, 2012 at 10:44 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Religion is so illogical and irrational to put our trust in, but it convinces us so strongly still.
Why would evolution favor us knowing the truth instead of a happy delusion?
Because to have a biologically sustainable group of humans, we needed to be bound together. Religion and culture filled that need. We evolved in tandem with religion (pre-Abramatic religion), our brains formed to accept it. We are naturally curious, we want to know why and how. Before science, religion gave an order and meaning to the world. Moving beyond religion, in my opinion, is the next step in human evolution, so we can move beyond the delusion and accept reality, as cold and hard as that is.
