Humanity did make up gods out of ignorance. It was the best available explanation back in the Bronze age. That explanation works well for unbelievers, but religioholics will never buy it. They've too much invested in their belief system for that. Imagine GC's anguish if he were to wake up one morning and finally grok that all that studying he did of the Bible was a monumental waste of time? It would not be pretty.
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
