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[Satanicus]

Originally posted by nine9
I don't mean things that we create as in technology.

I think we are starting to have the ability to understand the true nature of ourselves and the universe, and how we all fit in.

It is amazing that we have come that far.
We dreamed about gods when the universe was a mystery, and we thought that ever act of nature was directed at us for any given reason. The idea just carried through.
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Yes it has, and I always believed it was the culture and society that one resides in that greatly influences what religion a person feels most comfortable with, even if it is based out of fear, or wonder, or inner peace. I think we needed a god, long long ago, just for answers. With no education, wisdom, or knowledge, it was probably difficult for early humans to answer questions, of things they have yet to understand. I mean, they had some smarts, as in ways to survive during those periods-hunting, making clothing, building fires, etc., etc. But I think when they started to question their own existence, and what lies beyond, they had created a god, one that could watch over them, and protect them. As man became more structured, and organized, I believe this is where the corruption started, in those times, and the quest for power, by a high priest of sorts. Commandments were established, laws were made, hell was used to threaten those that would disbelieve in their religion. What may have been good gods, created by early man, turned into veangeful gods, by the power hungry herders, in an attempt to control those that believed. Every structure of government has almost always turned heros of the past, into villans of the present. And as time changes, and technology, knowledge, wisdom improve, so does our way of thinking. People today are becoming more realistic, and only choose to believe what they deem as real, and ignore everything else.