The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.

Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind.

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.

It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.

The human mind, I believe, cares for the True only in the general character of an epoch.

ô enfance du coeur humain qui ne vieillit jamais! voilà donc à quel degré de puérilité notre superbe raison peut descendre! Et encore est-il vrai que bien des hommes attachent leur destinée à des choses d'aussi peu de valeur que mes feuilles de saule.