Study finds simple explanation for endurance of religion (https://phys.org/news/2019-01-simple-explanation-religion.html)
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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.