Control wrote:
<<Example: If I told you, that I believe there is an invisible dragon living in my garage, who eats nothing but jelly beans you would probably ask why I believe that. If I respond that I have no reason, I just choose to believe that, you'd probably think me a bit strange.
But If I told you I believe an invisible all powerful, omniscient being created the world, also without provideing any reason why this should be true, thats suddenly ok.>>
The difference is that religion counters all your life's hard questions (e.g. purpose in life? origins?), fears (death) and pains (loss of loved ones, loneliness) with a monosyllabic answer. It makes you feel good. Also, there's the threat of punishment (hell) for going against this idea. This system of rewards and punishment make it more fit for survival in a society. It's like a chain letter, really.
Sometimes I think God is like the stork in the sense that parents invented Him to answer a child's hard questions. When you grow up and learn about sex, you gladly abandon the idea of a stork bringing babies for the more attractive reality. =D But you're reluctant to abandon the idea of God, because the alternative (Godless world full of tragedies and unrighted wrongs) is less attractive than what your parents taught you.
-- Catharsis |
