Oxford Study to Determine Why People Believe in
God
<>– Researchers at the University of Oxford will
spend £1.9 million
investigating why people believe in God. Academics have been given a
grant to try to find out whether belief in a deity is a matter of
nature or nurture.>
They will not attempt to solve the question of
whether God exists but they will examine evidence to try to prove
whether belief in God conferred an evolutionary advantage to mankind.
They will also consider the possibility that faith developed as a
byproduct of other human characteristics, such as sociability.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3393198.ece
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