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Why do so many people around the world belong to a religion?

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Fundamentally, religious belonging means membership in a particular social group, with strong attachments to other individual members. ... Generally, to belong to one religious group means not to belong to another, so all religions are to some extent particularistic and socially separated.

To belong to a religion often means more than sharing its beliefs and participating in its rituals; it also means being part of a community and, sometimes, a culture.

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