(December 13, 2019 at 2:00 am)ignoramus Wrote: I think religion helps one cope with NOT understanding the world. Many people need simple fuzzy answers ...A sort of closure if you wish.
Science is the way if you want to understand the world in any sort of objective sense.
Granted, science is a much superior way to understand phenomena around us.... but do you think religion was once an attempt at science, or an attempt at creating some narrative that allowed the world to make some kind of coherent sense to a people who had far more questions than answers?
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.
