Pages Tagged with #causes_of_religion

Why Are There So Many Religious People? Parents, Local Culture and Inertia, in the following sections:

• Why Are There So Many Religious People? Parents, Local Culture and Inertia: 1. The Parents
• Why Are There So Many Religious People? Parents, Local Culture and Inertia: 3. Inertia
• Why Are There So Many Religious People? Parents, Local Culture and Inertia: 2. The Local Culture
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The Causes of Religion: National Under-Development and Poor Social Stability, in the following sections:

• The Causes of Religion: National Under-Development and Poor Social Stability: 1. Poverty
• The Causes of Religion: National Under-Development and Poor Social Stability: 2. Compensating for High Mortality Rates and National Instability
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Simple Answers in a Complex and Uncertain World: What Causes Religion?, in the following sections:

• Simple Answers in a Complex and Uncertain World: What Causes Religion?: 4. The God of the Gaps
• Simple Answers in a Complex and Uncertain World: What Causes Religion?: 3. Personal Meaning
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Religion as the Result of Human Mythmaking, in the following sections:

• Religion as the Result of Human Mythmaking: 2. Story Telling
• Religion as the Result of Human Mythmaking: 3. Simple Answers
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Why do People Join New Religious Movements?, in the following sections:

• Why do People Join New Religious Movements?: 1. Simple Answers and Meaning
• Why do People Join New Religious Movements?: 3. Golden-Age Romanticism and Escapism
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Social Identity as a Propagator of Religion, in the following sections:

• Social Identity as a Propagator of Religion: 3. Identity Reinforcement in a Globalized World
• Social Identity as a Propagator of Religion: 2. Communal Identity and Rebellion
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Counter-Cultural and Alternative New Religious Movements, in the following sections:

• Counter-Cultural and Alternative New Religious Movements: 1. Why do People Join New Religious Movements?
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Causes of Belief in the Afterlife and Differences Across Religions and Cultures, in the following sections:

• Causes of Belief in the Afterlife and Differences Across Religions and Cultures: 1. Hiding Death: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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Shamanism, in the following sections:

• Shamanism: 2. The Sociological Causes of the Rise of Modern Shamanism and Other Pagan NRMs
• Shamanism: 3. The Misunderstanding of Human Psychedelic and Neurological Experiences

Why Did Some People in the Bible Live So Long?, in the following sections:

• Why Did Some People in the Bible Live So Long?: 4. Sociological Data on Life Expectancy Versus Religion
• Why Did Some People in the Bible Live So Long?: 5. The Causes of Religion: National Under-Development and Poor Social Stability

Theological Problems with Heaven, Paradise and Nirvana: 1. The Attraction of Heaven and the Afterlife (Why Believe?)

Time to Move On: Religion Has Cost Too Much: 3.5. The God of the Gaps

Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths: 3.1. Story Telling and Second-Hand Information

The God of the Gaps

God's Methods of Communication: Universal Truth Versus Hebrew and Arabic: 1. Oral Transmission

Mass Belief and the False Consensus Effect: Everyone Believes It So It Must Be True!: 3.4. Religion

The New Age: 1.3. The Causes of the Rise of the New Age and other NRMs

Animism: 1. Hyperactive Agent Detection Device (the Psychology of Religion and Superstition)

Modern Paganism (Neopaganism): 4. The Causes of Modern Paganism and other NRMs

Modern Druids (Neo-Druidism / Neo-Druidry): 4. The Causes Behind the Rise of Modern Druidry and other NRMs

Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?: 5. The Defiers of Secularisation

Happiness and Religion: Does Belief Make You Happy Or Does Unhappiness Make You Believe?: 1.4. What Causes Underdeveloped Countries to be More Religious and Less Happy?

Pareidolia - Seeing False Patterns in Random Data: Faces in Toast, Bible Codes and Conspiracy Theories: 4. Hyperactive Agent Detection Device (HADD)

Religion and the Fear of Death

Surviving Death and the Meaning of Life: 3. Religion

Human Story Telling: The Poor Accuracy of Oral Transmission

Religious Extremism: 2.1. Reactions to Multiculturalism

Political Power Struggles and Identity Reinforcement: Why are People Religious?

Hyperactive Agent Detection Device (the Psychology of Religion and Superstition)

The Argument that Everything Needs a Creator, Therefore God Exists as the First Cause: 1. The Appeal of First Cause Arguments for God

Life Expectancy and Longevity: 6. Sociological Data on Life Expectancy Versus Religion

Wicca - The Rise of a Western Mystery Religion Based on Witchcraft: 2.3. The Causes Behind the Rise of Wicca and other NRMs