Supernatural agency beliefs filter through evolved person-perception psychology

Evidence

Like other counterintuitive ideas, this one too has to filter through evolved human psychology, sustained by repeated reminders that are reproduced by cultural practices and institutions. One such filter is the notion that God or gods are personlike beings—they transcend human mental and physical limitations, but only partly. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 104

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Evolutionary psychologists see the human mind as many domain-specific evolved instincts, not fewer — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 72