2009 (UTC)

Would it be possible to suggest that religion (according to Cicero, from Latin  re- "again" + legere "read") is a human survival strategy which allows those within to co-operate in securing their future - sometimes at the expense of their neighbors' survival. 

Hence th prohibition about killing and the 'just war' philosophy. It is significant that the scriptural (i.e. written) Judaic origin of the world and the garden of Eden is closely linked to the time and place (Ur was around Basra in modern Iraq) where writing was invented. The peripatetic Jewish nation  invaded Palestine (land of the Philistines) after, and their holy writings record much of this. 

Maybe as a westerner I am convinced by the Evolutionary psychology theory. Is this becoming a religion too? I agree however that Wikipedia should be neutral, and the King James is certainly not suitable here    08:41, 6 May