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The evolution of religion?

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06-05-2007 5:24 PM

Much of human life in all corners of the Earth, over vast periods of time, has believed in the supernatural. Whether it be spiritual ancestors, weather gods, suns gods, messiahs. Whether it be primitive Africans, native Americans, sacrificing Aztecs, Christians. Belief in the supernatural I believe ultimately developed throughout the world into what we would now call religion.
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Is religion then judged to be part of mans evolution? If mankind evolved in ways that guaranteed his survival, hunting, gathering, reproducing, what role did the belief in the supernatural and subsequently religion play in this evolution?
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Is it only now with the establishment of science that religion is seen as a tail no longer needed or used? Or am I way off course?
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