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> [“In religious thought, a person may ride a horse into the sky (Mohammed), ascend to heaven in a chariot of fire (Elijah), rise to the stars in a carriage drawn by six dragons (Huang Ti, the founder of the Chinese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/in-religious-thought-a-person-may-ride-a-horse-into-the-sky-mohammed/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

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## More by Scott Atran

> [“All religions have core beliefs that confound these innate expectations about the world, such as faith in physically powerful but essentially bodiless deities. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/all-religions-have-core-beliefs-that-confound-these-innate/)

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> [“A closer look reveals that God may never have been wholly pleased with His most preferred creations in granting them the parts they have.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/a-closer-look-reveals-that-god-may-never-have-been-wholly-pleased/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

> [“There are several types of comparative analysis for garnering evidence for an evolutionary adaptation: structural or behavioral resemblance in different phyletic lines owing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/there-are-several-types-of-comparative-analysis-for-garnering/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

> [“Everybody, whether they are religious or not, implicitly knows that religion is costly, counterfactual, and even counterintuitive. The more one accepts what is materially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/everybody-whether-they-are-religious-or-not-implicitly-knows-that/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

> [“The individuals in a cooperative social group cannot afford to tolerate repeated defections by selfish “free riders,” such as those who hoard food or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/the-individuals-in-a-cooperative-social-group-cannot-afford-to/)

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> [“Religious ritual invariably offers a sacrificial display of commitment to supernatural agents that is materially costly and emotionally convincing. Such ritual conveys willingness to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/religious-ritual-invariably-offers-a-sacrificial-display-of/)

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> [“During the first year of life, a child acquires the concept of teleomechanical agency: the child is able to perceive an object’s physical movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/during-the-first-year-of-life-a-child-acquires-the-concept-of/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

> [“In religious thought, a person may ride a horse into the sky (Mohammed), ascend to heaven in a chariot of fire (Elijah), rise to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/in-religious-thought-a-person-may-ride-a-horse-into-the-sky-mohammed/)

[Scott Atran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-atran/)

> [“In theocratic societies, adherence to fundamentalism may enhance the fitness of fundamentalists, as opposed to nonfundamentalists, because fundamentalists are more likely to obtain productive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/in-theocratic-societies-adherence-to-fundamentalism-may-enhance-the/)

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> [“Cultures and religions exist, and are explained, to the extent that they reliably express stucturally enduring relationships among mental states and behaviors and where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/cultures-and-religions-exist-and-are-explained-to-the-extent-that/)

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> [“Then there are the secondary, mostly “social” emotions, such as anxiety, grief, guilt, pride, vengeance, and love. These may be unique to humans—hence, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/then-there-are-the-secondary-mostly-social-emotions-such-as-anxiety/)

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> [“Vengefulness signals that a breach in contract will not be tolerated at any cost, even at the price of the avenging individual’s own life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/vengefulness-signals-that-a-breach-in-contract-will-not-be-tolerated/)

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> [“In sum, the great apes arguably man1 ifest at least some aspects of teleomechanical agency and mentalistic agency (Suddendorf and Whiten 2001); however, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/in-sum-the-great-apes-arguably-man1-ifest-at-least-some-aspects-of/)

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> [“In the course of life, all such systems (i.e., the different evolutionary ridges) are somewhat functionally interdependent, as are components within each system (i.e.,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/in-the-course-of-life-all-such-systems-i-e-the-different-evolutionary/)

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> [“All religions, I claim, involve counterintuitive beliefs in supernatural beings. Moreover, such beliefs are systematically counterintuitive in the same basic ways. As we shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/all-religions-i-claim-involve-counterintuitive-beliefs-in/)

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