(December 13, 2019 at 12:42 pm)no one Wrote: Human beings are ignorant, so yes, in its initial concepts, religion is nothing more than an attempt by primitive people to make sense of a world full of natural sciences they had no comprehension of.
This is more what I was trying to get at; maybe I should've been more specific in my question.
(December 13, 2019 at 12:42 pm)no one Wrote: Humans are also remarkably cunning, deceptive, and manipulative, it wasn't until it was realized what a capable conditioning and controlling tool it was, was it forged to construct it as a weapon. Lastly, humans are also incredibly arrogant, they are convinced of the extraordinary value of their own self-worth. They confuse their own consciousness and ability to contemplate as a conduit to the divine, instead of the banal, uninspiring byproduct of evolution that it actually is.
It's fascinating to me how people interpret "divine" experiences. It's also fascinating to me that plenty of peoples in plenty of cultures, tribes and societies around the world have these so-called divine experiences while under the influence of hallucinogens, and yet consider them to be perfectly valid, "real" experiences, and not hallucinations (not that they can't be both, in a sense). Interestingly enough, one's devotion to spirituality seems to influence their psychedelic experiences, and not the other way around. No matter how many mushrooms I've eaten, I've never seen Jesus, or god in any way shape or form. Weird, huh?
It also makes me wonder how many people simply claim to have divine experiences, in the sense that there never really was any experience, but only a fabrication of their imagination used to convince the people around them how holy and great they are.
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.
