From a psychological standpoint, people worship gods for many different reasons. Children have a mechanism built into their psyche for survival purposes, and therefore they trust and believe in whatever the people the trust/depend upon most tell them to believe. That's usually how it starts.
That's what makes religion so heinous: it targets helpless, unsuspecting and innocent children. Try telling my kids that there's a magical, invisible sky man, who watches their every move when they're 20 years old. They're gonna laugh in your face... but tell them that from the very beginning of their lives, and they'd probably believe it.
Once indoctrinated to believe harmful and repugnant fairy tales, the belief in deities will continue for other reasons. Fear is the main reason. Fearful people are the easiest to control and manipulate. Yes, it is a con, and the "believers" often begin life as victims, only to grow up and victimize more children. Widespread belief is the mark of a weak and easy society. Those whom do not conform to any such beliefs in a religious society are "dangerous", because nothing is more fearful than "danger". They have to label nonbelievers in such a way because the word "faith" is a lie, and in modern times, it's hard to ignore things like facts. Faith is believing in something despite the evidence to the contrary, or lack thereof. It's, by design, the shield of insecurity, and didn't even exist before science started providing plausible answers for things once explained by supernatural phenomenon. Before that, faith wasn't necessary, because everything was explained by people who just made shit up when they didn't know the answers.
That's what makes religion so heinous: it targets helpless, unsuspecting and innocent children. Try telling my kids that there's a magical, invisible sky man, who watches their every move when they're 20 years old. They're gonna laugh in your face... but tell them that from the very beginning of their lives, and they'd probably believe it.
Once indoctrinated to believe harmful and repugnant fairy tales, the belief in deities will continue for other reasons. Fear is the main reason. Fearful people are the easiest to control and manipulate. Yes, it is a con, and the "believers" often begin life as victims, only to grow up and victimize more children. Widespread belief is the mark of a weak and easy society. Those whom do not conform to any such beliefs in a religious society are "dangerous", because nothing is more fearful than "danger". They have to label nonbelievers in such a way because the word "faith" is a lie, and in modern times, it's hard to ignore things like facts. Faith is believing in something despite the evidence to the contrary, or lack thereof. It's, by design, the shield of insecurity, and didn't even exist before science started providing plausible answers for things once explained by supernatural phenomenon. Before that, faith wasn't necessary, because everything was explained by people who just made shit up when they didn't know the answers.
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