Do you believe; and why?

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If any of you have ever heard of the podcast "Hidden Brain", they just recently did an episode on religion. 

It focused on one possible perspective of the role religions played in society as civilizations grew and progressed over time. It looks at religion in the same way one might look at an organism over time: How it evolves, what characteristics give it the best chance of growing and surviving. 

Here is a link if that sounds interesting to any of you. It contains a synopsis of the podcast, as well as a link to it. This particular episode is around 50 minutes long

I hope one of you finds it as interesting as I did.