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    "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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    Credits: Written, produced, and performed by Scott Badger

    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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