| I must argue the idea that men wrote out of pure imagination. The bible is very much the result of applying Law of Nature to religion. This is not the Laws of Nature, as I normally use this term, but a legal tool for determining what the laws of different city/states share in common and coming to a just decision when a case involves people from different city/states with different laws.
The bible is strongly influenced by Egypt's theology, Isis being the person to judge souls and the "BREAD AND WATER", long before Jesus took this religious role and became the "Bread and Wine". Wine because it is the color of blood, and this demonstrates the barbaric influence on this religion.
The Hebrews translated Sumerian stories when they were in Ur, and these become the first bible stories. However, in the translation of this myth, corrections were made so stories of many gods became stories with only one God.
None of this is people writing fantasy, but people using the best documention available to them, and using the best reasoning of their time, to write about God, the every best they could. Just the same as we write of quantum physics today. It is not a desire to control people, but to tell truth as best as it can be understood. Now from here, people surely use myth and religon for power and social control. Heck, even telling about the great hunt around the camp fire has a degree of social control, because it is telling all the listeners what to do to get attention and status. The purpose of myth is to transition the youth to adulthood. It is not a bad thing. |