(August 27, 2017 at 12:05 pm)alpha male Wrote:(August 26, 2017 at 9:57 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: god is a psychological construct created by man, or if you prefer, the human mind. Probably subconsciously in the beginning but expanded upon consciously when recognized as a tool to modify behavior within a society.
It's usefulness as a tool is waning.
Hardly. Europe has largely abandoned Christianity, and it's largely abandoned having babies. Secular attempts at encouraging procreation haven't worked, so now they're importing people, largely theists, to fill the gap.
What secular attempts are these then?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
