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Originally Posted by pseudonous 
I would say absolutely the ability to survive without a belief in a higher power is within most human beings. I think most people do lack such a belief at some point which demonstrates they are capable. I am also under the impression that there are and were societies comprised mostly of secular people. So it would seem odd if it was the case that people in general could not go thier whole lives without such belief.
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What you say is interesting though some what flawed in my opinion. You believe that the majority of people at some point in their lives question their beliefs, but your very statement implies that that this is a temporary phase...May be the reason it is transient is because the need for a belief is so powerful that it ultimately defeats any form of doubt. You may argue that societal/cultural pressure/expectations has a role in this, but what about the more liberal parts of the world?
The very fact that an overwhelming majority of the world has always subscribed/had to a/a religion/belief system through out mankind's history, through the past 200,000 years of cultural and societal evolution is testament to fact that it can't.