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Why do you think religion is intrinsic to human culture? Personally, I view it as a bad product sold to humanity (in the times in which most people were poor a
by selectnull 11y ago
Why do you think religion is intrinsic to human culture?
Personally, I view it as a bad product sold to humanity (in the times in which most people were poor and uneducated) for the benefits of few snake oil peddlers that got incredibly rich and powerful in the process.
- WhitneyLand 11y agoLook at the vast number of human civilizations and cultures. Have enough been secular to argue it's not intrinsic? It's really an open question. Some believe that with enough prosperity, education, and safety, religion will no longer be needed. However I regularly have discussions on the earth being 6000 years old with people who have those traits in abundance. Here's one reference: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386533/Belief-religion-simply-universal-human-nature.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386533/Belief-relig...
- ionised 11y agoTheistic religion is just a result of the lesser degree of knowledge of the world, the universe and our place in it that we as a species had thousdands of years ago. It's just unfortunate that it still exists as such a comfort blanket for so many and continues to give so many other people an excuse to be shitty to one another.