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Originally Posted by Gobsmacked

Interesting findings but what Durkheim fails to point out is that this occurs in a group of groups of peoples who had no other beliefs. it does not imply that Christianity was "invented" in this way.

Your right he was criticised for studying a primitive society and his findings are more relevant to small non-literate societies and modern societies are more complicated but i think he had a relevant point.