(October 2, 2013 at 9:54 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: And lastly, worshiping a god because he's threatening you with eternal torture seems to be the ultimate abusive relationship. He tells you what you can or can't do, you have to keep groveling before him and telling him how great he is, all because he has the power to do terrible things to you.
No thanks.
It was understandable that humans bought into that crap, because when those myths were invented, even in polytheism prior, humans believed that their good fortune was the "divine right of kings" and even what we think our modern western governments were based on "ancient Greeks and Romans", even they had dictators. Many fail to see that those governments that had parliamentary "representation", there still was one ultimate head figure who had final say and could always, on a whim, if they wish, override the government they "allowed". It was also often the reason many of these dictators got assassinated.
The ancient Egyptians as well, prayed to the sun god and the Pharaohs believed that their position was do to divinity.
Ultimately in psychology history it still amounts to humans projecting their own strive for power and selfish narcissism.
"God" is merely a childish anthropomorphic reflection of our own selfish desires.
