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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
The connection between times of uncertainty in the world and rising religious fundamentalism is very significant. Religion is used as a tool for coping with what people can't interpret on a literal level (aka, science). It brings a level of understanding to people that otherwise would be lost sheep. That sounds harsh...But it's a view shared by every anthropologist in the world.
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Except, no anthropologist with any tact would use a term like "lost sheep".
All humans are lost in the sense that we only experience our world with 5 narrow physical senses. It's arrogance to think that that is enough for us to truly understand the world we live in.