Wish I knew. They deserve a kick in the bollox.
2006-11-27 23:06:25
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answer #1
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answered by ANON 4
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It's difficult to pinpoint the line between spiritual beliefs, and religion in an organised sense. For example, really ancient cultures (even neanderthals) put flowers into the graves of the dead - does this mean they believed in an afterlife? If so, does this mean they thought there was a god to rule this afterlife? Does that mean they thought they needed to worship this god when they were alive?
I think religious/spiritual beliefs popped up amongst all cultures in prehistoric times. It seems a natural occurence amongst human beings, perhaps because it gives comfort and meaning to what must have been (and still is) a scary world. I don't think there has ever been found a culture (even really isolated tribes which have only recently been discovered) that has no spiritual beliefs whatsoever.
So in a general sense, religion has no one founder. If we talk of individual religions we can be more specific.
2006-11-28 04:06:28
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answered by Nikita21 4
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I don't think your going to find a name to call the person who invented religion but there's some interesting ideas about the origin of all the stuff you'll be familiar with from the jewish, christian and islamic versions of religion.
I asked a question recently about Satan and one of the answers brought up the name of Anunnaki, which I'd never heard of and had to look it up. When I did that I found a few very interesting articles about it.
This is probably the least sensationalist, most analytical and best of them. It's quite long, but it's worth it.
2006-11-27 23:47:34
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answered by Frog Five 5
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Religions were invented by people who wanted an explanation for the existence of life. Without any real scientific knowledge it seemed logical to assume that someone (or something) must have created the earth and life on it.
The idea was readily exploited by the religious leaders who claimed that people would be punished by the powerful creator(s) if you didn't do what you were told.
This was used for millennia to control the masses or an excuse to conquer those whose religion is different. And still is in some instances.
In my opinion all religions are bad and there to give power to a few people over the majority of the population. I'd ban the lot of them.
2006-11-27 23:17:11
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answered by Mad Professor 4
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Most religions have the hallmark of worship performed in ancient Babylon. This comes to many who name themselves christians (Christendom) from Babylon via Greek culture that was popular hundreds of years ago. Babylonian traditions travelled in other directions too, perhaps along caravan trade routes, or as tribes expanded and began looking forfertile territory, etc, etc.
2006-11-28 05:01:07
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answered by Anonymous
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The first sign a species is becoming sentient is when they have evolved to the point where they can abstract enough to invent a god. The first time a species achieves sentient maturity is when they get rid of their gods.
2006-11-28 00:29:55
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answered by iknowtruthismine 7
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A human religion comes from a human, the first who invent it was the first human.
Each human has a different religion eventhough they are in the same group.
Some Trekkies might into TOS, while others are into TNG, VOY, and so on.
2006-11-27 23:19:47
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answered by Anonymous
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Machiavellian forces from drug-taking, war-ridden lands needing a way of controlling the masses. True answer.
2006-11-28 03:33:04
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answered by Musicol 4
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Bill Gates
2006-11-27 23:46:06
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answered by Anonymous
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When people see something that they cannot explain, the usual result is them believing that it came from a higher power. This can be seen throughout the world no matter what civilisation you look at.
Usually, if someone is thankful for this thing they cannot explain, worship to the higher power follows. If enough people are convinced to believe in its existence then it can be considered a religion. If the religion goes as far as having a book of rules, a back story for a god or generic higher power's existence of creation of something along with a clergy of sorts to govern it then it can be considered organised religion.
Apparently there is new genetic evidence to suggest that certain people are drawn to religion as it raises their chances for survival and encourages them to have children.
2006-11-27 23:06:09
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answered by Anonymous
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The true religion is only one that is "ISLAM" and it came from The All Mighty ALLAH (GOD), through His Prophets. The followers of Islam are called "Muslims". Different peoples from different nations other than Muslims have no real path to understand the real facts of this universe, because they didn't refer to The All Mighty ALLAH, The Prophets and The Holy Quran and because of this they tried to understand the whole universe and its running systems with their minds and developed new religions as per their concepts.
2006-11-27 23:36:59
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answered by MuAn 1
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