RE: Does the world need religion, even if it doesn't need God?
January 24, 2012 at 6:23 pm
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2012 at 6:24 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Does the world need religion? OF course not, the world doesn't even need US, at all.
Do people need religion,en masse? Don't know. That it's virtually universal suggests (but does not prove) that they do.
In recent years,some scientists have started to suggest that attraction to the divine may be hard wired in our brains.
However,I think it's fair to say that "a lot of people" need the emotional and psychological crutch their religion provides.
Overall, I think religion fills a broad range of human needs,that it is above all a tool. How a tool is used depends on the person using it.
I think it was Seneca who said something like
Do people need religion,en masse? Don't know. That it's virtually universal suggests (but does not prove) that they do.
In recent years,some scientists have started to suggest that attraction to the divine may be hard wired in our brains.
However,I think it's fair to say that "a lot of people" need the emotional and psychological crutch their religion provides.
Overall, I think religion fills a broad range of human needs,that it is above all a tool. How a tool is used depends on the person using it.
I think it was Seneca who said something like
Quote:to the wise religion religion is nonsense,to the ordinary people true,to the ruler,useful
