I need to talk about something that has been on my mind (again).
That would be religion.
Or, rather, theism, as I have established before that religion is just a societal group, that happens to share an identical view on god.
I am very interested in why people believe in god. There are so many reasons that are simple and some more complex:
- That is what people were taught and they choose to believe it
- Don't want to be outcasts from society/ just following social norms
- It seems logical to them somehow
- They are optimistic about heaven or believe it exists so they believe in god just in case it does exist
More complex ideas I've talked about before are like
- People use the concept of god to rid themselves about what they feel bad about doing (sort of like apologizing without actually apologizing to the person you've hurt)
- People are drawn to the concept because they like this idea of hope, after a hard time in their life
- people think society will fall apart and act immorally without religion
People don't just believe in god. There is a reason. Even like the statement "people don't just believe in iPads". Either they believe in them because they have one, have seen one, are gullible, and they trust their senses to be honest to their minds.
Someone who says "I just believe in god because he exists" has to have a reason. Whether it was the way they were raised, they are getting false hope psychologically... Who knows.
Today I've furthered my thinking... Beyond "why do people believe in god?" I wonder "why and when did people create god?"
Obviously a high percentage of people are theists, for reasons I have just discussed... But I want to know why and when people created this idea of a superior being.
I read an article about a study ill link to here later if I remember, about how people are always dependent on another, so creating a god can relieve this need of dependency on something.
I want to know the first mind who thought up the idea of a god.
I've always imagined it to be some authority figure like a king or something, who gained his authority by lying and saying a man, the creator, is speaking to him, and therefore this man and now king may rule. There is no proof of that, I just think that could be a theory. It would make a goods historical-fiction novel, actually.
I don't know. I'm going to keep on pondering.
Why do you think man created god?
I think about this all the time. I was raised very strict christian. Once I grew older and was able to think for myself I started to ask myself question like, "What if...".
ReplyDeleteI think man created god because maybe man lost confidence in himself. Man stopped believing in himself and empowering himself. Man lost faith in himself. It's easier to believe in something that you can't see or doesn't even talk back to you. Somewhat of an alter ego. Then there is religion....i think religious was created by man for control.
I think that is a good way of looking at it. Man creating god because he has lost faith in himself and needs to look for something to have faith in. I think there are definitely some theists that think this way.
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