Why does religion exist? Divine intervention or a method of control?

Question

Why so many, why so different, why in certain cases aggresive to each other?

God(s) or man made?

Answer 1

Yeah, I agree with you completely, I am religious, too. I believe that the problem is not religion itself, it is the human being interpreting it.

If your religion tells you love your neighbor or your enemy as your brother, great, love your neighbor or enemy as if they were your brother, that is pretty straight forward.

But what about spread my word. That is not so clear. Spread my word how, by teaching my peaceful ways, or by imposing your force and will over others, contradicting the very teachings of peace. {I am using Christianity and the Crusades as an example here in general terms}.

Basically it is the person interpreting it, now you add to the equation, religion being organized as a society or govt. Now you have people preaching their religion is better and interpreting passages for millions to suit their own goal of advancing their church and enlarging their own prosperity, thinking, possibly in good faith, that they are doing the right thing, when they may be so blinded that they don't realize they are going away from patience and love that the message originally contained, all in the name of furthering the religion. When in fact they are corrupting it.

Organized religion, I believe, is the problem with religion. We all will have to find our own way, but when you have an organized religious figure telling you to do something, you not only risk being led astray, but such blind obedience will cause you to lose sight of what is important, and that is being a good person, which is what religion is suppose to make us.

If religion is the way, God must show us the way, not some preacher or other person. How many people go to church and come away with nothing, or how many people go to church and when out of church behave completely contradictory to what the religion teaches?

I think some people need religion because it genuinely makes them a better person than they would be otherwise. I think we religion is the way, but respect those that find otherwise, because we all need to find our own way. Yet, if you are hanging on to religion because you are merely told to, you are better off letting it go, because you don't understand its purpose.

Sorry I wrote so much.

Answer 2

Religions are man-made organisations designed to control the way people live their lives. They prey on the weak, poor and vulnerable in order to line their own pockets and fulfill their own corrupt agendas.
They are all so aggressive to each other because of their similarities. They may "worship" different so-called gods, but they all have the same sort of agendas.
Divine intervention is a load of crap. There has been no evidence in thousands of years of these existing and before people start quoting the bible or qu'ran or whatever, it is all written by man with no evidence of fact or reality.

Answer 3

It's a checks and balance system...gotta keep the troops in line.

I'd like to think, however, that people can manage that on their own....but yeah, some can't. I'm not involved in any relgion.

They're agressive because everyone thinks their religion is best. I think it's funny really. Because religion is meant to bring people together-in concept, but it just drives people further apart. It's the ultimate hypocracy. People kill other people just because they aren't of the same religion. Christians, do NOT point as Muslims while reading this. Let's alllll remember the little event a good few years ago: the Crusades!

Answer 4

Control, absolutely. There's a reason why the Hell described by the Bible isn't a punishment that lasts for a thousand years or a million years, but forever. ETERNAL suffering. I mean, that scares people. It scares people to the point where a lot of people convert to Christianity "just in case." It's a scare tactic to get people to join the religion, and it has worked, time and time again.

Answer 5

It's used as a method of control. That's why many governments, in 3rd world countries share power with one religion (it's cheaper to give them religion instead of social programs). People who have nothing and will never have a future are promised a reward after they're dead (yea, right).). Religion is also a very lucrative business.

Answer 6

What "non secular reviews"? Who says there are non secular reviews besides? "Divine intervention" into what? between what? while somebody on dying row gets a reprieve from the Governor, is that "divine intervention" or only the end results of a competent criminal professional? Prayer? supply me a wreck. If it does not rain in the time of the summer for 30, 60, ninety days and individuals pray for 30, 60, ninety days and finally it rains in the autumn, in Oct., is that divine intervention or only the organic results of the replace of the seasons? i'm going to enable you to already know what divine intervention could look decide to me: a raging wild brush fire set by way of an arsonist and the climate is dry, no rain, intense winds and no help in sight. Then, swiftly, out of nowhere, the sky's open up and buckets of rain falls to the floor putting out the fire!! The arsonist feels in charge and turns himself in and asks for forgiveness. the individuals acquire him with open palms and all is somewhat. meanwhile, the warfare in Iraq miraculously stops over night. The Jews and Arabs all get alongside and george bush asks the country to forgive him and he resigns. that ought to be "DIVINE INTERVENTION".....something under it somewhat is only extra blah blah blah

Answer 7

i believe everyone needs to believe we're doing this for a reason. they're may be some truths to all religions but to make it ur everything because your promised something after death seems odd to me. i'm very spiritual but religion never did sit too good with me. hypocrits i tell ya. did you ever play the game telephone. never once is it what it started out to be. like thousands of years later the bible is supposably the word. i say jesus was a real person but he just tapped into something they saw as unhuman. i believe we all have special powers. or the ability to tap into them. i dunno. i believe what i see an what works for me. i think that's what most people do. man made or not.

karma is the only god i believe in whole heartedly. i've seen it first hand. the good the bad.

Answer 8

If it was divine intervention, you'd expect all religions to be pretty similar.

Whereas if it was control they would only have the religious element in common and little else.

So it would seem more likely to be control

Answer 9

I believe that many religions are man-made, but Christianity is the exception.

Answer 10

Possibly, divine intervention.

Definitely, a method of control.