ABSTRACT
That religion and warfare are at some level related is virtually undeniable. What is less obvious at first glance is the quality of this relationship; is it causal, and if so, in which direction? There are at least three possibilities:
He based this conclusion on the widespread observation that many human cultures do not include a belief in a deity that can be interpreted as being in any way conceptually similar to the monotheistic Judeo-Christian God. However, Darwin went on to point out that "a belief in all-pervading spiritual entities seems to be universal; and apparently follows from a considerable advance in man's reason, and from a still greater advance in his faculties of imagination, curiosity and wonder" (p. 612).
