Are these institutions applied because people can not think for themselve's? What does each do but apply a regulated form of control? When did we become so redundant of our own ability?
2007-08-20 03:38:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anomalous 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The weak need something to believe in....hence religion. Every person has a need for the "father figure"......in comes "god" and he is the ultimate protector. Everything that we associate with "god" is, in fact, what we would consider to be the perfect father. Government, is simply a way to regulate. Not so much actions, but mentality. Some time ago, someone realized that if you harnessed the "need", you could get people to follow and form into what has become societies.
2007-08-20 15:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by Jessy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question. Take the religion first. I think as humans, we are somehow hard-wired to accept religion. The reason is that every group and culture has a religion. All through the history of man, every culture has developed a religion even though all the various civilizations were separated by time and geography. The people on Easter Island, tribes in early Brazil, Nomads in the Sahara, all had religions without ever having any contact with each of the other groups. That suggests to me that it is an instinctual aspect of the Human mind. As for developing governments. All social and herding animals have a leader with a hierarchy of individuals besides. Horses, cattle, wolves, elephants all do this, and Humans are not any different. During the 1960s, various groups of people did make many attempts to exist together with no appointed leaders or decision makers, and it just didn't work. No civilization has been leaderless. Because it just doesn't work.
2007-08-20 11:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by Derail 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you...to a limited extent. There are a great many enlightened individuals in the world that could function just fine without religion or government. Alas...the world is also full of stupid people. It's also full of people that would gladly kill you for a few dollars. So, as much as I hate to admit it, we need government. (Not the current government...there's gotta be a better way...but we need some form of government)
Religion....not so much. I think religion just makes people intolerant of new ideas. It's for weak-minded people that can't handle dealing with death. It has caused more death and despair over the years than any single government ever has. I really can't say enough bad things about religion, so I won't. I'll just say that it's for easily led morons, and leave it at that.
2007-08-20 10:53:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The result is not good even.
2007-08-20 10:47:16 · answer #4 · answered by Rana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋