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There must be others of whom this is equally true.

2007-07-06 06:39:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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There is no innate need for religion.

Religious tendencies appear to be a pathalogical side effect of other adaptations humans have made to deal with an uncertain and dangerous world, and to survive in complex societies.

All of the scientific evidence points in this way.

2007-07-06 06:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

It's not an innate 'need for religion'. Its an innate need to connect with the Living Presence and religion definitely is not the way!!!!!! Anyone who says its for 'religion' has lost the true purpose of what a religion is supposed to be about! Religion means 'to bind back' - ain't it so! It is a way to shackle you so you're all bound up in the mind, instead of your heart.

2007-07-06 14:52:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Whoever said we ALL have an innate need for religion was telling a bit of a lie, I think.

I think we all have an innate need to reach for meaning to everything in our lives, in our world, but that this doesn't always mean a person seeks for that meaning through religion.

So I'd say it's an innate need for knowledge and understanding we have, which can (but doesn't always) lead to a person finding a religion that feels like "home" to them. For others, that need can lead to a lifetime of studying physics instead. Whatever fills that need. Not necessarily religion.

2007-07-06 13:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

I think that "innate need for religion" may be oversimplified and misleading. We have many social instincts, and religion may resonate with some of them, particularly by providing a perfect alpha male figure.
At the same time we have some relatively new cognitive abilities, so new that we have not yet evolved a capacity to deal with some of the knowledge we now have access to. Awareness of one's own mortality is difficult to deal with, religion can allow us to avoid the issue through denial.

2007-07-06 13:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by Diminati 5 · 0 0

Yeah, I've been told everyone has a supposed hole in their soul that can only be filled by Jesus. That's not true for me. I do sometimes contemplate the origins of our universe, the origins of life, and the possibility of an afterlife, but I don't feel any attraction to fabricated answers from organized religions.

2007-07-06 13:52:30 · answer #5 · answered by Graciela, RIRS 6 · 0 0

I can honestly say that religion is neither innate nor needed. How else do you explain Atheism? I've grown up an Atheist, happy, smart, like any other kid in my school - only, without religion. It makes no difference.

2007-07-06 13:42:45 · answer #6 · answered by Alley S. 6 · 3 0

it's not as if we ALL feel that way
I have a religion yes, and being Wiccan is very much a way of life for me....but there were many years when I didn't want to need one, and then where i looked into many-
maybe you should do so, too? you might find one that strikes a chord with you, and if not, than maybe you just don't want to conform to a label in such a way- I'm sure you have your own system of beliefs and ethics and if you dont' want to "belong" to a religion that's more than fine.

2007-07-06 13:44:15 · answer #7 · answered by jess 4 · 0 0

Ditto... it is a part of the majority of people, but not all. Check out Matthew Alper's "The God Part of the Brain," he's done some great work in explaining why why some people just can't imagine there being a god at all, and why so many do imagine there is a god.

2007-07-06 13:46:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I'm here. I care not how I came to be here or why, the fact of the matter is: I exist, and the methodology of how this came to be true doesn't change this fact, right?

Edit: it seems many people here feel EVERYONE needs to know the methodology, when did I stop being part of everyone? Sounds like an over-generalization to me.

2007-07-06 13:42:56 · answer #9 · answered by Uryx 3 · 0 0

You are confusing religion with truth.
Everyone has an innate need to know why we are here.

Anyone that claims that don't need a reason why they are here is either a liar or a very shallow person.

2007-07-06 13:42:51 · answer #10 · answered by Mystine G 6 · 2 2

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