147: The secular perspective on religion

<p>P&C drink a homebrew fail from Crowhill, then discuss various sociological perspectives on religion.</p> <p>If you look at religion from an evolutionary or sociological perspective, what function does it serve? How was religious belief a positive adaptation? Or was it?</p> <p>Sociologists and evolutionary psychologists who study this question have come up with some interesting theories about the benefits of religion, and why it helped humans advance. P&C consider the "New Atheist" perspective on religion and compare it with other secular approaches.</p>