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Matthew Alper

From the dawn of our species, every culture has maintained a belief in some form of a spiritual reality. Wouldn't this imply that human spirituality must represent an inherent characteristic of our species, that is, a genetically inherited trait? Are humans "wired" to believe in the universal concepts of a spiritual reality, a god, a soul, and an afterlife. Is our species "wired" for self-destruction? Is religious fundamentalism the consequence of a biological impulse that may one day be the cause of our species' downfall?