(December 12, 2015 at 4:29 am)Aractus Wrote: Belief in the supernatural has been around for as long as we know. The Aborigines here in Australia have a belief system that stretches back at least 40-60,000 years, and theirs is the oldest known & still present belief system. My point is these beliefs are part of human nature.
I don't need to measure it in antiquity, I rely solely on the scientific theories of game theory and evolution (as applied to systems).
I'm not debating that. What benefit is it? More importantly, how do you know these benefits outweigh the harms?