"The God Instinct" genre: Alternative General
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	How can so many believe without evidence? Is there a god gene?
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	Story Behind the Song There are many psychological and social factors that successfully persuade people to embrace the rather fantastical notion of an all-knowing, all-powerful god that created everything. I call this collective compulsion the "god instinct". Lyrics The God Instinct Words and music written, produced, and written by Scott Badger Wouldn't it be great to have a father who'd forgive you whenever you confessed? Oh he'd protect you from the crushing forces that surround you. God is your most urgent wish We need help, we need hope And your friends believe their faith is a virtue All of your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved Our grief for the dead is too much to bear We're compelled to believe when they're no longer there And all your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved And all your friends agree That someone needs to punish those who hurt us and never answer to the law And there must be some kind of reason some kind of meaning or life's not worth living at all We need help, we need hope And your friends believe their faith is a virtue All of your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved Our grief for the dead is too much to bear We're compelled to believe when they're no longer there And all your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved And all your friends agree When good things happen God gets the credit. When bad things happen he works in mysterious ways, And there must be a higher power. This can't be all there is. That's what he says when I pray. We need help, we need hope And your friends believe their faith is a virtue All of your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved Our grief for the dead is too much to bear We're compelled to believe when they're no longer there And all your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved And all your friends agree And it can be too much for one man to much to understand The unknown is unknowable still. So we let go and we let God in the face of a world that we just can't control. We need help, we need hope And your friends believe their faith is a virtue All of your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved Our grief for the dead is too much to bear We're compelled to believe when they're no longer there And all your friends believe So all of your fears are relieved And all your friends agree

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