Is Religion merely a successful product of Evolution?

[Riley259]

What about those who seem hardwired not to believe at all? Did God simply neglect them or is there a genetic defect or other change that eliminated this element from their psychic?

:newidea: On another note, what if a group of adament atheists were made to reproduce with one another (you know what I mean) and then have their children raise themselves in isolation on a remote island and continue on without interference for several generations. Would religious belief *still *manifest itself in such an experiment. Of course, there would be a litany of ethical, legal, and timespan issues involved, but if only we could!

We all know deep in our heart that there is something more so I think that longing is evident from our earliest days. People like Richard Dawkins have stubbornly suppressed that natural yearning for the Ultimate Being.