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Examples
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And on the flip-side, we are distinctly suspicious of out-group members.
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The benefit of out-group hostility has not only expired, but is now severely detrimental to our well-being both as individuals and as a species.
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But the out-group hostility element of tribalism is no longer adaptive in the modern, complex form of civilization we have created.
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Religion not only promotes difference, it makes divisions impossible to eliminate, so between-group co-operation is discouraged and out-group hostility is fueled.
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And on the flip-side, we are distinctly suspicious of out-group members.
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But the out-group hostility element of tribalism is no longer adaptive in the modern, complex form of civilization we have created.
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But the more relevant argument is that religion promotes out-group mentality in an age of interdependence when we can't afford to surrender to ancient instincts.
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We should be working hard to defy our impulse toward out-group hostility.
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We should be working hard to defy our impulse toward out-group hostility.
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The out-group feature of religion is uniquely problematic: faith separates people in a deep, fundamental way.
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