Important Points in this Chapter

IMPORTANT POINTS IN THIS CHAPTER

 The tendency to believe in god at all is multifactorial.

 You need to consider why it is important for humans as a species to believe when other primates presumably do not believe in god.

 There are evolutionary, social, cultural, environmental, and even neurological factors that make us more or less likely to believe in god.

 The belief in god is very prevalent on earth with more than 80 percent of us being believers.

 Simply trying to research the belief in god is challenging because so much of it is based on self-reporting.