SoC, assume for a moment that there is no god.
Don't worry about how the universe came into being, for now...
Now, look at every believer you know... look at every religion you are aware of (even the dead ones).
Present me with a mechanism that can account for them. (don't forget, you're working under the assumption that there is no god whatsoever)
If such a mechanism is possible, and given that bronze-age man would have had to obtain something on which to base his early belief... and the lack of any such something nowadays... would it not seem plausible to you that such beliefs are all man-made?
Don't worry about how the universe came into being, for now...
Now, look at every believer you know... look at every religion you are aware of (even the dead ones).
Present me with a mechanism that can account for them. (don't forget, you're working under the assumption that there is no god whatsoever)
If such a mechanism is possible, and given that bronze-age man would have had to obtain something on which to base his early belief... and the lack of any such something nowadays... would it not seem plausible to you that such beliefs are all man-made?