There is a very mundane psychology as to why humans want a super natural being in as a gap answer.
1. THE biggest reason is they get sold the idea as toddlers by the parents long before they can formulate adult critical thinking skills.
2. The fear of being finite scares most humans. Even with theists whom claim they are not afraid of dying for what they believe, the promise of reward, by either a God, or their divine ancestors, and even reincarnation, all give them an excuse to avoid we do not matter to a 13.8 billion year old universe.
3. Group survival, all the other people that agree with them cannot be wrong. Well yes they can.
Bottom line, humans tend to protect that which is local and the social norms of what their parents sell them.
1. THE biggest reason is they get sold the idea as toddlers by the parents long before they can formulate adult critical thinking skills.
2. The fear of being finite scares most humans. Even with theists whom claim they are not afraid of dying for what they believe, the promise of reward, by either a God, or their divine ancestors, and even reincarnation, all give them an excuse to avoid we do not matter to a 13.8 billion year old universe.
3. Group survival, all the other people that agree with them cannot be wrong. Well yes they can.
Bottom line, humans tend to protect that which is local and the social norms of what their parents sell them.
