Faith in God and Life after Death Comes Naturally to Humans

Faith in God and belief in afterlife is a natural instinct of human beings, according to a research carried out by two academics at the University of Oxford. They directed a three-year long international research project involving 57 researchers who conducted 40 different studies in 20 countries. The diverse cultures represented by these countries make the research quite comprehensive.

The studies carried out by researchers were both empirical as well as analytical in nature. Their final conclusion is that humans are predisposed to believe in God and an afterlife. The basic impulse of human mind is responsible for theology as well as atheism, both of these being reasoned responses – as per the University release.

Two of the 57 Oxford researchers involved in this project, Emily Reed Burdett and Justin Barrett are of the opinion based on their extensive research that it is easier for children to believe in some superhuman properties than understand similar human limitations. They further add that it is natural instinct for people to believe that some part of their being – mind, body or spirit lives on after death. This is common across cultures.

Co-director of the 1.9 million project, Professor Roger Trigg from the Ian Ramsay Centre of Oxford University said that cis not just a special inclination of a few people who choose to spend time in a different way than others. It is actually a basic human inclination and a common fact of human nature across societies, as suggested by the body evidence gathered in the research.

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