Belief Quote by E. O. Wilson

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

— E. O. Wilson

“The predisposition to religious belief is an ineradicable part of human behavior. Mankind has produced 100,000 religions. It is an illusion to think that…

— Edward O. Wilson

“Religion arose as an effort to explicate the inexplicable, control the uncontrollable, make bearable the unbearable. Belief in a higher power became the most…

— Douglas Preston

Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its…

— Penn Jillette

Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down.

— Daniel Dennett

Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.

— Benito Mussolini

Religion is nothing more than a useless and sometimes dangerous, evolutionary accident. Religious behavior may be a misfiring, an unfortunate byproduct of an underlying…

— Richard Dawkins

Imbalance of reason and emotion may explain the tenacity of religion in societies: world religions are optimized to tap into the emotional networks, and…

— David Eagleman

Religions have a strong binding function and a cohesive element. They emphasize the primacy of the community as opposed to the individual, and they…

— Frans de Waal

“You think religions are constant things? inflexible and solid and form full-grown? Religions evolve. They grow out of a need, just like any other…

— James Jones

The onset of one religion can be resisted only by another.

— C. Northcote Parkinson

Those who give up religion to better their circumstances in life seldom succeed. the wrath of God makes them go through more calamities and…

— Ritu Ghatourey