I found the Nature article but you have to login or pay for it to actually read it. The link proves that it exists, though.
Being human: Religion: Bound to believe?
Not all atheists are critical thinkers or interested in how the human brain works. If they get vague feelings of things like a higher power, karma or life after death they aren't going to analyse them and ask what's going on in their unconscious mind.
It's all too easy for humans to substitute an ideology for religion and a cult of personality for a cult of a deity. It's the same drive with a different focus.
Being human: Religion: Bound to believe?
Not all atheists are critical thinkers or interested in how the human brain works. If they get vague feelings of things like a higher power, karma or life after death they aren't going to analyse them and ask what's going on in their unconscious mind.
It's all too easy for humans to substitute an ideology for religion and a cult of personality for a cult of a deity. It's the same drive with a different focus.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?