(July 16, 2019 at 5:10 pm)Brian37 Wrote: It is simply a false perception, a comforting lie, a placebo.
It is simply a comic book reflection of our evolutionary grouping, our desire to survive.
And I think you've provided a good, cover-all descriptor for what religion is for people. I am more so looking for specific desires and needs that religion fills for people, i.e. the desire/need to be protected or feel safe. Surely if we can identify specific things that religion does for people we can think of other ways people can fulfill these same needs or satisfy these same desires without having to devote their lives to Bronze Age mythologies.
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
