CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Atheism, Handicap Principle, Agent Detection
21 Mar 2017
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Religious beliefs and practices are widespread across cultures and time. Organized religion (numbers of adherents, 2012 pew research: christianity 2. 2 billion. Islam 1. 6 billion: non-religious 1. 1 billion (atheist, deny the existence of god, hinduism 1 billion, buddhism 376 million, judaism 14 million. But: distinguish between participation in organised religion and belief in supernatural deity: according to 2011 poll, 25% of canadians who attend weekly religious services do not believe in god. 25% of canadians who believe in god do not identify with any religion. Organized religion emerged later in time then religion in the sense of some belief in some super natural entity and practices surrounding that main belief. Belief in supernatural deity or deities: there exists a superhuman, supernatural intelligence who deliberately designed and created the universe and everything in it, including us. (dawkins 2006) Scientific approach to the study of religion that appeals to methods and theories from cognitive, developmental, and evolutionary psychology.
