| that's one of the many things I considered religion was for. long ago, man needed a way to explain the world. he also needed one way to keep the order in his kingdom. he created god, the ultimate solution. not only did it give the world a birthday, but now he had a vengeful spirit to threaten his people with. throughout history, man has desired to rule with force and fear over rationality and intelligence, and this god was no different.
sure, the overall message was to be good so they can get into heaven, which is the good half of the bible, unfortunately, if you don't conform to the laws set in the bible, then you go to a place of eternal torture. a little severe, but it supposedly worked.
the one loophole the people in power got to manipulate and use the bible for their own wicked means. they began to kill, claiming it was right to end those who did not believe. they got power hungry, and that's where the problem starts.
after that, there were the seperation of the many religions, all deciding to live according to what parts they liked. this is hypocrisy.
as for science, religion had been the source of creationsim and all explanations. as time went on, there were newer and better explanations. the creationism theory of zeus and Ra were replaced by the christian god, Adam, and Eve. old theories are scrapped for newer and better theories. these people were sure of their reasoning, but they were wrong. same with modern science, we think we know it all, but as time goes on, we are shown to be wrong.
this is why I consider Science the new religion. I'll follow it until I get a better explanation.
Runa |