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Why We Believe in Gods - Dr. Andy Thomson (American Atheists 2009)

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Uploaded by on Nov 19, 2011

Andy Thomson explains the psychological mechanisms behind belief in his talk titled 'Why We Believe in Gods' at the American Atheist 2009 convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

Check out his book by the same name: http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Believe-God-Concise/dp/0984493212

Filmed and edited by Josh Timonen.
See more at http://RichardDawkins.net

Also see Richard Dawkins talk from this convention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbza-UtseE0

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  • @SoEFleX Basically, as in evolution, the strongest survive, so the religions that get the mechanism right survive and the religions that don't fail.

  • Thanks for the video, but these mechanisms that religion uses. Who did they know how to exploited them?

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