[metmom]

For the most part (not all) atheists have this elitist smug attitude that they are intelligently superior to people who have a faith system based on "God" So in reality they are just trying to get us to understand we are Neanderthals and need their superior intellect to made us see the error of our ways and stop believing in the "guy in the sky"

Funny thing is, evolution scientists say that man has evolved to believe in God. So, those smug elitists who like to think that they're so superior to believers, really aren't according to science. Oh, the irony.

[JasonInPoland]

“Funny thing is, evolution scientists say that man has evolved to believe in God. So, those smug elitists who like to think that they’re so superior to believers, really aren’t according to science. Oh, the irony.”

Can you reference any studies by scientists about that? I know that some scientists have hypothesized that religious belief is an evolved trait. But that is not a fact. It’s just an hypothesis. It has not been supported by evidence, as far as I know.

But, let’s say, hypothetically, that it is true. That does not really matter. Because lots of things that hurt us are evolved traits. Consider wisdom teeth. We don’t want’em, and we’re better off when we get them removed. Yet, scientists will tell you that they are the product of evolution.

So, finding an evolutionary source of religious belief would not count as an argument for (or against) religious belief. It would just be an explanation for how we got it.