Posted: May 15, 2016 10:58 pm
An often overlooked 'religion' is the cargo cult. They have the essentials of religion, with some sadly almost childlike view of the world, and you can see the workings of belief formation, how quickly and deeply crazy delusions form. You can see how ignorance of science and basic modern life leads to guys performing the silliest of rituals. Modern religions aren't much more than cargo-cults and a lot of time to accrete ever more sophisticated nonsense.