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LaBelleDameSansMerci · 11-20-2010, 06:24 PM

Yes, Religion came about to explain things we didn't know, and they tend to suit the environment they started in. Volatile gods tend to come from volatile places.
(Control of the populace was another big one, but I think that tends to be a twisting on the part of later rulers).
We have science to explain most of the world now, but it leaves things lacking for some people. Take the question, "Why are we here?" Science answers it with "to perpetuate our existence through the making of babies," but can you see where that might fall a little flat?

11-20-2010, 06:24 PM	#311
LaBelleDameSansMerci Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: elsewhere Posts: 2,015	Yes, Religion came about to explain things we didn't know, and they tend to suit the environment they started in. Volatile gods tend to come from volatile places. (Control of the populace was another big one, but I think that tends to be a twisting on the part of later rulers). We have science to explain most of the world now, but it leaves things lacking for some people. Take the question, "Why are we here?" Science answers it with "to perpetuate our existence through the making of babies," but can you see where that might fall a little flat? __________________ Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder where you're at. Up above the world you fly Like a tea-tray in the sky.