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Religion and fear from what i've seen seem to go hand in hand.Is it not possible that god was invented to control the masses?
Originally posted by steponupGod wasn't invented for that...and people naturally fear what they dont understand....i think that applies somewhat to christians as well!!!
Religion and fear from what i've seen seem to go hand in hand.Is it not possible that god was invented to control the masses?
Originally posted by steponupNo one invented religion. Its just a perfect way to explain things we don't understand.
Religion and fear from what i've seen seem to go hand in hand.Is it not possible that god was invented to control the masses?
Originally posted by Jake EllisonWhy do human beings have a need for meaning in the first place? Or a need for God? Have you ever asked yourself whether or not the reason we might have these needs is because we were meant to? After all, if we were created for fellowship with God, without him would we not eventually in some way or another sense our incompleteness?
No one invented religion. Its just a perfect way to explain things we don't understand.
As humans evolved and developed self awareness, and then soceity and culture they would imediatly be faced with some difficult questions. With the development of language increasing the complexity of soceity its not going to take long before a self aware being que ...[text shortened]... oppressed and it gives us something to kill and die for, another brilliant human trait.
Originally posted by epiphinehasThat logic seems rather circular.
Why do human beings have a need for [...] God? [...] The reason we might have these needs is because we were meant to? After all, if we were created for fellowship with God, without him would we not eventually in some way or another sense our incompleteness?
Originally posted by UmbrageOfSnowBut when we don't have an explaination, God is good at filling the gaps and providing the explaination. At varying times in human history God has filled gaps that there is no way people of the time could have solved scientifically. So yeah we need an explantion, but that need is often what creates God.
That logic seems rather circular.
On top of that, I've seen no evidence that humans as a species have a need for God anyway. We have a need for explanation. We want things to happen for a reason, which is a natural extension of our curiosity and intelligence. We created various myths and stories to explain nature, nothing more.
Originally posted by Jake EllisonBasically what I said.
But when we don't have an explaination, God is good at filling the gaps and providing the explaination. At varying times in human history God has filled gaps that there is no way people of the time could have solved scientifically. So yeah we need an explantion, but that need is often what creates God.