(May 2, 2015 at 4:29 am)Twisted Wrote: If you read history then so many people have sacrificed their life for religion or a religious cause,so many people have dedicated their life for religious purposes,there have been so many mystics in every religion who were good people,so much deep stuff written about religion and God,why did they never ask the basic question that does God exist or not and were all those religious people and mystics frauds?1. It was the best explanation they could come up with at the time.
2. It was drilled into them at a young age and remained a permanent fixture of their thoughts and emotions.
3. It offered their life a meaningful context and brought about internal peace and comfort amidst external disorder.
4. It eliminated the fear of death.
5. It reinforced their notions of good and evil with authority beyond reproach (in their minds).
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza