The history of the Christian church, the pursuit of personal desire has been frowned upon and at times even fervently discouraged.
But a new theory of why people believe in God has claimed that religion is simply an attempt to satisfy 16 basic human desires that afflict all human beings.
Professor Steven Reiss, a psychologist at Ohio State University, claims this may also help to explain why many of the world's major religions are so wracked with contradictions.
He insists it's impossible to boil religion down to a single motivation and that to be successful a religion needs to appeal to the various of human nature.
So while people who are humble may find the idea of an all-powerful God appealing, those who are status seeking will find the idea that God made humans in his own image attractive...
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