2007-08-11 23:21:37 · 17 answers · asked by lakshay n 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
As part of our evolutionary 'toolkit' of survival strategies, we have a highly developed awareness of other entities in our environment - We often notice human faces in carpet patterns, rabbit-shaped clouds and so on. There is more survival value in seeing what really *is* there, and also seeing some things that *aren't* really there, than in missing things that really are there and going hungry, or worse, ending up as someone else's lunch.
The consequence of this undeniably true aspect of human nature is that we have a natural tendency to imagine 'agents' (intelligent entities) behind natural phenomena and events in our own lives that aren't really there - i.e. gods and goddesses, demons, angels, spirits - a whole menagerie of supernatural characters. Society and culture binds up these characters with our wishes and fears, our desires for dominance and submission and shared identity, and we end up with religious belief and ritual and dogma, in thousands of different flavours throughout the world and throughout history. Religion is formalised superstition - It's just a common flaw in human nature, rather like the way we see optical illusions. We can account for the existence of religious belief perfectly well with this fact-based, rational explanation, rather than believing that there really is a supernatural realm of existence.
2007-08-11 23:26:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
God is the creator of man
2007-08-12 00:02:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.... all but one. The universe is the creator of man. To me God is not a vengeful separate entity, God is the universe and we all carry God in us. As such God is natural as opposed to supernatural. There is no need to invent illusive gods when god is in us and all around us.
2007-08-12 02:44:08 · answer #3 · answered by Equinoxical ™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
VGQ
some religions did that!
but very few religions GOD is the only creator!
the problem is which GOD of those few religions is the true GOD?
2007-08-12 01:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
VGQ
some religions did that!
but very few religions GOD is the only creator!
the problem is which GOD of those few religions is the true GOD?
2007-08-11 23:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by cekcek 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,first of all god creats the man/every human beings,they have the potential to creat /discover the god while going deep within themselves.to achieve the state of self enlightenment is to be god
2007-08-11 23:29:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, man created god in his own image.
2007-08-12 03:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by flash 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You people crack me up. We got got no idea of what is going on and what is out there. If we did, then what would be the point of it all? I mean since we know it all already.
2007-08-11 23:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah. (for some reason it is necessary when expressing a religious opinion to make a disclaimer that this is only my opinion and may be wrong, so there you go)
2007-08-11 23:32:37 · answer #9 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so....millions of people beleiving in one thing is powerful,,,the human mind has vary real power over this reality billion people beleiving in one thing is powerful....physics is changing and begining to prove human perception shapes reality
2007-08-11 23:30:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋