Religion is mans first attempt at explaining the world around him, at least that which he does not understand. When people were sick I suppose praying was better than doing nothing, but as time has progressed we have developed more intelligent applications to heal the sick, explain the tides, explain why the sun rises and sets, rain, earthquakes, stars etc.
The more we understand about the natural world the more watered down religion becomes.
This is the purpose of religion, now of course religion has been used for good and bad, most here would think the bad outweighs the good, but it was necessary for us to get to a point where we can sit on a computer and discuss why it is not needed. Evolution works slowly and in a social sense to me it is apparent that some feel they still need religion to deal with life and some do not, and as the Not's begin to number more I believe we will find ourselves in a society that is better off for it.
The more we understand about the natural world the more watered down religion becomes.
This is the purpose of religion, now of course religion has been used for good and bad, most here would think the bad outweighs the good, but it was necessary for us to get to a point where we can sit on a computer and discuss why it is not needed. Evolution works slowly and in a social sense to me it is apparent that some feel they still need religion to deal with life and some do not, and as the Not's begin to number more I believe we will find ourselves in a society that is better off for it.
