A new study has come out predicting the death of religion.
This time it's because we're all getting richer. Not long ago it was because we're all living longer: young people who expect to live a long time put off worrying about what will happen to them after they die so they don't start thinking about God until they're older and closer to death.
Now, according to Dr Nicolas Baumard in Current Biology, it's money. In a study with several other academics, Baumard argues that several religions with an emphasis on self-discipline and morality arose during the 'Axial Age' (500-300 BCE) and that this was because this was because people got richer.
Read Full Article »