I mean... we don't actually know that. We know animals communicate both verbally and non-verbally so it's possible that some animals could have "religion"
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Chimps have shown possibly proto-religious behaviour they have been observed throwing rocks at trees and dancing when the rain comes or when they see a waterfall, some experts believe they might be precursors of religious rituals
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This is based on a phenomenon called intermittent reinforcement, which is found in many animals, not only in apes. Modern dog training uses it, too. It's regarded as the basic force behind all sorts of superstition. ie. religion. In short form: learning is way more effective when not every single effort is rewarded, but only a random percentage. So if you perform a ritual to gain something, you believe more that it's working, when it doesn't work every single time.
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As I'm not _guest: google it yourself, using intermittent reinforcement and Leonard Skinner.
As others have said- I can agree that there is nothing “unnatural” about homosexuality- in fact it may even serve an important role in many species and in the survival of species. But the idea that religion is “unnatural” is somewhat silly like many arguments based in “nature.” Faith is an emotional trait and thought mechanism. Religion is the expression and organization of faith.
We COULD possibly argue that faith is “natural” and religion is not- in the same way that we could say that social behavior is natural but organized society is not- but that’s a rather silly argument isn’t it? Aluminum exists in nature but certain aluminum alloys- or turning that aluminum into a tool or part of an airplane isn’t “natural” in the sense that to out knowing- nature has never produced a Ford F-150 spontaneously from the ground. So what of nature when it comes to the relevance of a thing? What other animal that we know of has set foot on the moon or created near instantaneous sharing of information on a global scale? You won’t find the heart transplant in nature nor the book- does that mean these things shouldn’t exist or are somehow “wrong?”
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As I'm not _guest: google it yourself, using intermittent reinforcement and Leonard Skinner.