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I am not convinced that this need for a higher power exists in individuals who haven't been raised to expect it.
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Using the specific example that I gave (which was just one possible example in an endless array), you may be correct.
My opinion? If you could somehow remove all the personal history from everyone's memory, we'd still find a way to re-invent religion and spirituality. I have no way to prove this, of course. But I
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True. But a person will never feel external sources of wisdom to be True like they do internal ones.
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Two points:
1) That sounds a lot like a belief to me, as opposed to a verifiable and repeatable scientific fact, and
2) As I mentioned in my response to Mark, the portrait that I painted of spiritual people as sheep was unfair -- that was not my intent.