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How can so many believe without evidence? Is there a god gene? | MP3.com CD: Phenom - buy it!
CD: Phenom
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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