Religions arose naturally because of man's fear of the unknown,
particularly, the fear of death. A particularly useful attitude for
most issues, including religious issues is found in Occam's Razor:
do not introduce unnecessary entities in our explanation of any
phenomena.
! I agree. I dun think God likes religion. He just wants us to
treat Him as our daddy.
Many phenomena once attributed to the gods are now recognised as
having natural causes that do not need the presence of a diety to
cause them to happen.
! Theories like the Big Bang have also been discredited. According
to latest info, scientists who trust in evolution now back to
square 1, whereas scientists who believe in God have been
vindicated.
Man started by believing that gods are everywhere. As time passed,
the many gods have been reduced to one. About 100 years ago, the
European philosopher Nietzsche proclaimed that God is dead, and the
Europeans have become increasingly more skeptical ever since. (Not
so the immigrants to the New Word -- the Americans -- many of whom
continue to hold on to their Protestant tenets).
! Chinese started off with believing in only 1 God. Only later,
especially during the time of the cruel emperor who created the
Great Wall of China, that Chinese started to believe in many
gods.
As for us Asians, we should realise that one of the main motives of
colonialism is to spread the white man's religion. At the
bottomline, all religions are built upon the fear of the unknown,
and Asians who have been Christianised are merely substituting one
set of superstitions for another (their ancestral faiths that
is).
! The white man have been mistaken about many things. They use
God's name to justify their colonialism, that I agree with you.
However their wicked ways has nothing to do with who the real God
is. Do not be stumbled by them. In fact, even now, the white man is
still doing the same thing. Like last time.
At this time, religion is a great divisive force. The sooner we are
able to rise above it, the better.
! Correction. People make use of God's name to create religion,
which is, of course, divisive. I agree with you. we need to rise
above religion, and come to a true knowledge of the true God, who
loves us in spite of our wicked ways.
