RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Lawson, E. Thomas T1 How to Create a Religion JF e-rhizome YR 2019 VO 1 IS 2 SP 132 OP 137 DO 10.5507/rh.2019.007 UL https://e-rhizome.upol.cz/artkey/erh-201902-0002.php AB The aim of this paper is to suggest that it is worthwhile seeing what the various studies in the cognitive science of religion have taught us by engaging in a thought experiment in which we ask: "What would it take to create a religion on the basis of what we think that we now know about religiosity?" It will be an exercise in applied science by following a set of instructions.