The existence of God was a way of explaining the universe to people who didn't have telescopes or microscpes. It could still be the right explanation, no-one can be sure either way, because as much as science answers questions, it creates even more questions. Quantum mechanics...Higgs-Boson, etc?
But this idea was then developed into organised religion - a nice way to organise control people in the newly "civilised" world following the emergence of agriculture. Is it any coincidence that the roots of the Abrahamic religions emerged around 6 to 8 thousand years ago, just after agriculture emerged in the Fertile Crescent?
Further, interesting, essential reading: Straw Dogs by John Gray and Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.
The existence of God was a way of explaining the universe to people who didn't have telescopes or microscpes. It could still be the right explanation, no-one can be sure either way, because as much as science answers questions, it creates even more questions. Quantum mechanics...Higgs-Boson, etc?
But this idea was then developed into organised religion - a nice way to organise control people in the newly "civilised" world following the emergence of agriculture. Is it any coincidence that the roots of the Abrahamic religions emerged around 6 to 8 thousand years ago, just after agriculture emerged in the Fertile Crescent?
Further, interesting, essential reading: Straw Dogs by John Gray and Ishmael by Daniel Quinn.