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Why We Believe in Gods - Andy Thomson - American Atheists 09

pts · 2009-04-27 09:56:57

I don't think this has been posted before. Andy Thomson speaks at American Atheists 09 about the biological mechanism which make us susceptible to religion & how these mechanisms have been "hijacked" by religion. It's pretty long, but well worth the watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iMmvu9eMrg Source:…

27-04-2009 9:56am

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I don't think this has been posted before. Andy Thomson speaks at American Atheists 09 about the biological mechanism which make us susceptible to religion & how these mechanisms have been "hijacked" by religion. It's pretty long, but well worth the watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iMmvu9eMrg

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iMmvu9eMrg

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#2 27-04-2009 2:11pm

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Very interesting, I too relish the day a court rules on teaching the psychology of religion in classrooms.

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