[nexxo]

Sorry cbersamurai, I didn't make myself very clear in my last post.

What I meant was: interesting that no-one has picked up on the idea of religion as an expression of the innate human need for Attachment.

Regarding science: that is driven by an innate human need too: that of mastery over the environment. Let's go back to the axample of the crawling infant, staying within a certain "action radius" of its "secure base" (at that stage both emotionally and physically; later more emotionally) that is the parent. if the parent makes it feel safe, why does it venture out in the first place? Why not stay on mum's (or dad's) lap? Because the infant experiences two competing drives: one to stay close to the safety of its parent (attachment) and one to explore its environment, and by getting to know it, achieve control over it (mastery). This latter drive is essential to a human (or animal, for that matter) becoming an independent functional being. The more we get to know our world, the better we can control, manage and predict it, which has great survival benefits (and which is why we, the geeks of the primate family, are the most successful life form on earth today, even though we lack fangs, claws, strength etc.).

So there you are. It in our nature as human beings to form emotional bonds with someone who provides a source of comfort and support, and to explore our universe. Religion _and_ science are a product of what makes us human.