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> [“For my purposes, the differences among animistic, pantheistic, and monotheistic religions can be ascribed to differences in the content of beliefs in the supernatural, not to differences in the cognitive structure of those beliefs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-atran/for-my-purposes-the-differences-among-animistic-pantheistic-and/)

[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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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/)

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

> [“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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