Reply #83: I agree . . . furthermore . . .

[PensiveGadfly]

I once saw a study of religious belief in a communist block country (I think it was East Germany) before and after the breakup of the soviet union. Those who claimed to have no religion made up a very small percentage before the breakup, but the percentage climbed rapidly soon after. Certainly, many people were too frightened to admit to religious belief systems while they were under a communist regime, but the fact that religious belief continued "under the radar" for so long and in such large numbers suggested to me that religious belief is endemic in the human species.

Please, feel free to tell me I'm wrong and point me to something to back up what you say.