The result of a three year international study finds that humans appear to have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife. One of the researchers said that the project did not set out to prove god or gods exist. Just because we find it easier to think in a particular way does not mean that it is true in fact. Finally part of the conclusion of the study is that both theology and atheism are reasoned responses to what is a basic impulse of the human mind.
The study could also be read as demonstrating that as countries develop economically and more people live in urban environments feeling more secure, atheism increases. As I currently feel very insecure is that why I still have remnants of belief? Is my belief that there might be something beyond us all in my head, a result of my insecurity and/or a survival trait from long ago so that we would be bound by religious ties and therefore be more likely to cooperate? Is there something beyond us or are the true atheists correct that there is nothing beyond us and when we die there is only oblivion? We probably will never know this side of the grave. I've come to the conclusion that, since we can never know for certain who is correct, all we can do is to try to live moral lives, caring for each other (as many religions posit) and not kill and torture each other for beliefs that are, by their very nature, unverifiable.
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