


His foundational argument is that beliefs make sense to us and become pervasive when they engage a wide variety of our mental tools.

Barrett begins with an easy to follow explanation of how the brain uses a variety of tools without conscious awareness to make sense of our environments, memories, and experiences. Barrett contends that belief in gods is natural due to the way our minds operate and perceive the world. Barrett explores the landscape of cognitive science to demonstrate how a belief in god or gods is a pervasive human phenomenon. In "Why Would Anyone Believe in God?", Justin L.
