(A) Men and women started to worship gods as soon as they become recognizably human: they created religious at the same time as they created works of art.

(B) My study of the history of religion has revealed that human beings are spiritual animals. Indeed, there is a case for arguing that “Home Sapiens” is also Homo religious.

(C) These early faiths express the wonder and mystery that seem always to have been an essential component of the human experience of this beautiful yet terrifying world.

(D) This was not simply because they wanted to propitiate powerful forces.