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Belief in god started as a way to explain the 'unexplainable'. What if we started with a clean slate. No one believed in god. But we still have all the scientific knowledge that we have now.
Do you think the belief in god would have still 'evolved'?

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I think so. For one, there is a lot that science still doesn't know. People fill in the gaps with God -- although, since we know more now than before, the God would be less personal.

Also, there is the power of religion. Religion can control people. Smart people will take advantage of this, and a charismatic person will start a religion that might just take off and evolve into something very big (scientology, mormonism).