The 'Explaining religion' conference has made me see that the idea of religious belief as a virus has had its day
Sue Blackmore
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 16 September 2010 15.12 BST
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Are religions viruses of the mind? I would have replied with an unequivocal "yes" until a few days ago when some shocking data suggested I am wrong.
This happened at a conference in Bristol on "Exp…