[ggeorgovassilis]

I observe that successful cultures develop strong religions, successful meaning that they prevail over others, with the last 200 years being an insignificant exception in the scope and duration of human history. I'm not going to offer an explanation for this, it's just an observation. From an evolutionary point of view, which ever genetic predisposition causes people to participate in religious communities, poses an evolutionary advantage, hence the trait and resulting behaviour prevail.