"A slew of cognitive traits predisposes us to faith."
"[R]eligious concepts are parasitic upon moral intuitions."
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Source: Pascal Boyer (2001). “Religion Explained: The Human Instincts that Fashion Gods, Spirits and Ancestors”, Random House (UK)
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