religion, neurobiology, and a possible paradox

I've been reading a lot theories about how our brains are actually "wired" for religious and belief in the supernatural; and that religious experiences serve some kind of function for our brains that nothing else does.

If this is true, it presents a very strange situation, if you only believe in the existence of the physical world. Because how could one reconcile this biological need to be religious with simultaneously having the knowledge that it's just a chemical process in our heads? Religion usually requires an utter belief in its truth...

 

i don`t understand why people are `religious`
it`s silly

and i don`t Care if anyone responds to that.

 

i don't really know anything about these theories, but maybe us atheists are wired in our brains to "believe" that there is no god, and this chemical reaction just helps us justify our beliefs the way any number of random coincidences helps stupid people justify their religious beliefs

 

The brain is not "wired for religious belief".