RE: A Book?
May 13, 2009 at 10:59 am
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2009 at 11:01 am by chatpilot.)
I think that gods were created by man in this order but this is just what I beleive to be a logical progression of thought,this is purely theoretical.I beleive that the first religions were the worship of nature and natural phenomena during a pre-scientific age.As is evidenced in tribal and more recent greek mythology these natural forces of nature were assigned names according to their manisfestations.There still exist tribes that are near extinction in the Amazon and in some parts of Africa that still worship nature today.
The next natural step was the worship of ancestors to try and explain the mysteries of death.The belief that your ancestors watch over you and your tribe came next.Then naturally those ancestors were able to reintroduce themselves into the tribe via reincarnation thus the worship of animals.Also,animals were worshipped as well as being gods reincarnated form dwelling among the believers.
As mans knowledge about nature and the world around him began to grow he began to worship himself.Thus the worshipping of kings and emperors of human origin.And finally man worshipped gods in heavenly places due to their lack of understanding of astronomy.Eventually man wanted to equate himself with his God and thus the Judaism makes man in the image of God.But in actuality if you think about it the biblical God is nothing more than a representation of man.This is evident in that he has all the characteristics of man both good and evil.I might be wrong but for what it's worth that is my view in a nutshell.
The next natural step was the worship of ancestors to try and explain the mysteries of death.The belief that your ancestors watch over you and your tribe came next.Then naturally those ancestors were able to reintroduce themselves into the tribe via reincarnation thus the worship of animals.Also,animals were worshipped as well as being gods reincarnated form dwelling among the believers.
As mans knowledge about nature and the world around him began to grow he began to worship himself.Thus the worshipping of kings and emperors of human origin.And finally man worshipped gods in heavenly places due to their lack of understanding of astronomy.Eventually man wanted to equate himself with his God and thus the Judaism makes man in the image of God.But in actuality if you think about it the biblical God is nothing more than a representation of man.This is evident in that he has all the characteristics of man both good and evil.I might be wrong but for what it's worth that is my view in a nutshell.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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