(August 3, 2011 at 7:31 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: There's nothing really to solve. We don't need to find a "natural" explanation for a group's belief in a deity. God (or a god) is a place-holder for mystery, and a personification of a group's ideals or worst fears. Yahweh was one of several gods that filled this position.
Yeah, I guess we don't have a religion problem in the world right now. Hmmm...
I think over half the world's population worshipping a false deity and being at each other's throats and looking down their noses at everyone else to be a bit of a downer for the world.