fitness distinguished from
relativism
religion and
self-interest and
in social sciences
spirituality associated with
morals in fairy tales
Moravec, Hans
Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Morning Star
motion, animate
mountain climber example
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
muezzins
Muhammad
multiculturalism
multilevel selection theory
multiple-choice exams
multiplexing
music
addiction to
artifice in
as authorless
ear for
folk
if it were bad for you
natural versus nonnatural taste in
organized
religious
sexual selection as explanation of
supernormal stimuli in
mutations
of agent-ideas
evolution as depending on
indirect quotation as source of
of VMAT2 gene
of words
mutualism
of divination memes
of domestication of animals
of folk religion
of language memes
of shamanic healing rituals
in symbiont theories of religion
âmy lucky starsâ
myomancy
mysteries
creed revisions as
evolutionary theory as having no room
for
faith as required for penetrating
in immunity to disconfirmation
in physics
scientific method applied to
mystery novels
âmystical germâ
mythology
myths we live by
Â
Nagel, Thomas
Nag Hammadi gospels
Nambudiri
name-memes
National Football League
Native Americans
natural disasters
natural food
natural history
Natural History of Religion, The (Hume)
natural kinds
natural religion
natural selection
as algorithm
differential replication in
gene centrism versus external
continuities in
in genetic engineering
group
mind affected by
scientific evidence for
as substrate-neutral
transition from unconscious selection to
See also competition; fitness; mutations
Naturwissenschaften
Neanderthals
Needham, Rodney
Nelson, Bill
nephomancy
neuro-economics
neutrality about religion
New Age phenomena
Newberg, Andrew
New Britain Island
âNew Replicators, Theâ (Dennett)
New Testament God
Newton, Isaac
Nietzsche, Friedrich
nipple, finding and clinging to
Nixon, Richard
nondenominational
non-overlapping magisteria,
nonsense, attention-grabbing
âno religionâ response
norms of production
Norris, Kathleen
novelties
ânow, â meaning of
nucleotides
Number One, looking out for
numerology
nuptial gifts
nutrition
oaths, legal
objet trouvé
Oklahoma City bombing
Oldfield, Sir Maurice
Old Testament God
Oliver, Simon
Olsen, Ken
omniscience
one-child policy in China
One True God: Historical Consequences of
Monotheism (Stark)
On the Origin of Species (Darwin)
âon the side of angelsâ
Ontological Argument
open marriage
open-mindedness
âopiate of the massesâ
opinion, versus belief
oral cultures, ritual as memory-enhancement device in
organized religion
age of
as distraction from root phenomenon
folk religionâs transition to
traces of folk religion in
orgasms in women
Orgelâs Second Rule
Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, The (Jaynes)
orthopraxy, versus orthodoxy
other minds, how nature deals with problem of
otherworldly rewards
ââoughtâ implies âcanââ
âOur Lordâ
outmoded terminology
Oxford English Dictionary
ozone layer
Â
Pagels, Elaine
pain, as intrinsically bad
Paine, Thomas
Palestine
Paley, William
Palmer, Craig T.
Panikkar, Raimundo
pantheism
Papua New Guinea
paradoxology
paranormal
paraphrase
parasite(s)
Dicrocelium dendriticum as
divination memes and
memes as
religion as
sexual reproduction for combating
Toxoplasma gondii as
parents
care by
and religious education
Parker, Dorothy
Parliament of World Religions
âpassing the buckâ
pastoralism
patents
Patmore, Coventry
Paul, Saint
peace
peaceful coexistence
peacocks
pearl theories
pedophiles
Pegasus
Penan
performance, religious
petroleum reserves
Perry Mason Fan Club
Persinger, Michael
personal rules
Pew Research Center
phallocentrism
pharmaceutical companies
Philby, Kim
Phillips, Emo
Phillips, Tom
Phillips, Wendell
philosophy
for finding right questions
as making the familiar strange
open-mindedness to every idea in
of religion
religion contrasted with
unenviable reputation of
photographic memory
Picasso, Pablo
pigeons
Pike, Nelson
Piltdown Man
Pinker, Steven
Pitts, Joseph
placebo effect
Plantinga, Alvin
Plato
plots, strategic information and
Poland
polar bears
polarization
policy prescriptions
politeness
political beliefs
political leaders
Polk, David
poltergeists
polytheism
Pomio Kivung cult
popular culture
population genetics
pornography
Porter, Cole
positive-feedback escalators
postmodernism
potlatch ceremonies
practical animism
âPraise the Lord and pass the ammunitionâ (song)
prayer
answered
to anthropomorphic gods
to nonanthropomorphic gods
studies on efficacy of
as talking to God
unanswered
precocial species
pre-emptive disqualification strategy
Presley, Elvis
pretending
price-inversion effect
priests
alliance with political leaders
âbedside mannerâ of
collaborating with scientists
condemning fanatics by
as âFatherâ
guilds of
and love of God
moral authority delegated to
penalties for failure to obey
religion as Priestertrug
in vetting scientists studying religion
vocations after Vatican II
prions
prison population, religious affiliation and
private religions
probability amplitudes
profession
versus belief
continuity in
science doing more than
uniformity of
Professor Faith
progress
Prohibition
promiscuity
promises
pronunciation
proofreading enzymes
pro-social norms
Providence
Prozac
Psalms
psychic forces
psychic surgery
psychoanalysis
psychology
divisions in
evolutionary
folk
memes versus constraints of
study of religion by
public opinion
pudus
âpull yourself up by your own bootstrapsâ
punishment
Puritans
Pyper, Hugh
pyramid schemes
Pyysièainen, Ilkka
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