E. O. Wilson sounds like an idiot studying hard to be a moron and failing the course miserably.... Religion is not a "predisposition" it is the result of brainwashing children....

There is a big difference between the amorphous superstitious beliefs hunter-gatherers have had and religion as we know it. The former cannot be called religion at all. Moreover, the point is not to eradicate religion but to eradicate its inordinate influence over society.

Most of it is about money!

When science can prove the supernatural, then it can explain religion.

I hate religion. I truly do.All it ever did for me was take me to extremes and I thought all of that was normal.

"... humanity needs a way to divert the power and appeal of religious belief into the service of scientific rationality." I agree with this.

My thought is that the truth of science will overtake religion, at least until a new myth, more plausible with the science of the day, is created and embraced by the masses. One based on the scientific origins of the universe, with a nameless and unknowable power of energy to be respected and understood using science.

Lessons can be learned with new myths more in keeping with the intellect of society.

I feel it's a mistake to try to use the science of the day to explain the old religions, but I believe the opposite is possible, to create a religion supported by science, which could be adaptable as new information is discovered, in a never ending quest, rather than the closed book of the old religions.

I don't feel we have a "pre-disposition" for religious belief, but rather I feel we have a pre-dispostion for the curiosity of how we came to be and what might be the potential we are striving toward fulfilling, collectively and individually. We like to have a goal in mind to participate in humanity's efforts toward achieving. That's what a plausible mythos can provide.

I think going forward is better than looking backward. The old myths are dead or dying because they aren't adaptable as new information becomes known, and we discover better ways to get along. We can learn from the old myths but we should continue looking to improve the outlook for the future.

I wouldn't object to a new religion based on what we know so far, with no supernatural beings in command, just the unknowable force of nature, the source of creation we have now. But would that really be a religion, in the common sense of the word, or would it just be the reality of life as we know it and allow that knowledge to guide our path forward? In other words, our mythos.

I guess that's why I'm happy with my own beliefs. I have created a story in my head that helps me make sense of the world around me - and the fact that not everyone thinks the same as me is only a little bit of a bother.

Would I like to have everyone believe exactly the same as me? Maybe, but I think I prefer that everyone come to their own conclusions or philosophy of life between traditional thought and the ever changing science of the day. It's good to have different philosophies of life available for people to choose from. Why people are easily led to believe strange things is another matter.

As does Marxism and Anthropology. Read his full quotes: