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Study finds simple explanation for endurance of religion

Started by Tank, January 18, 2019, 09:14:54 AM

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Study finds simple explanation for endurance of religion

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QuoteChildcare can be expensive, stressful, and annoying to organise, but a University of Otago-led study has found it may also be behind religion's resilience.

Scholars have predicted the demise of religion for a long time, but it is not disappearing as quickly as anticipated.

Following the collaborative study, lead author Dr. John Shaver, of Otago's Religion Programme, believes a contributing factor is that religious people are able to have larger families because they get more help looking after their children than secular people.

If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
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