Alright boys lets look at some facts. We are mammalian bipedal great apes. We live in a natural world that can be as brutal as it can be beautiful.
So heres my question. Are religions just ways for our egos to pacify the fear of death and non-existence?
Perhaps they were used as rules and laws to control mass amounts of people to prevent things like crime.
Our nature is simian. We came from the apes. Thats why we have these ape hands with fingernails. We're beasts.
Do we just make up all this stuff and larp as a way of dealing with the brutality of nature, something that our intelligence has allowed us to escape? For now.
No, this is my view of religion now - it’s a bit nuanced and I don’t hear too many people speaking of similar views
Yes we are apes, but imagine tens if not hundreds of thousands of years ago. At some point there was a moment where our ancestors went from acting like crabs - unable to recognize ourselves, unable to communicate, unable to understand who or what they are and what they are doing.
But at one point, our ancestor apes got woke and they got woke very quickly, the transition must have been absolutely wild and I’m sure legends about the first individuals undergoing these changes gave rise to many religions
