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o talking teacups, but reli- gion is much more than that. "Deriving belief from the architecture of the mind is neces- sary but not sufficientr says Norenzayan. He favors an additional class of explana- tions for why religion is so prominent in every culture: It promotes cooperative behavior among strange

at they are * separate from their bodies." Mind or soul? ,9 Such hypotheses seem to make intuitive sense. But critics such as Paul Harris of Har- vard University say that children learn about 3 the afterlife from others. Working in Spain CI E and Madagascar, Harris and colleagues did studies somewhat simila

o talking teacups, but reli- gion is much more than that. "Deriving belief from the architecture of the mind is neces- sary but not sufficientr says Norenzayan. He favors an additional class of explana- tions for why religion is so prominent in every culture: It promotes cooperative behavior among strange

at they are * separate from their bodies." Mind or soul? ,9 Such hypotheses seem to make intuitive sense. But critics such as Paul Harris of Har- vard University say that children learn about 3 the afterlife from others. Working in Spain CI E and Madagascar, Harris and colleagues did studies somewhat simila

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