Just a theory

[Godscreated]

I’ve always thought  that religion was first invented to explain what our early ancestors didn’t understand.

Where would the idea of a god or gods come from, what would cause people to actually try and conceive of such, there is no evidence to support your thought. We do see these things in religion after they were established, on this I agree. But the concept of a higher being, they had no references to go to that end.

If you don’t know what causes lightning, then perhaps it’s an angry god in the sky.  If you don’t know the cause of disease, it must be caused by a devil or demon.

Even if our idea of ancient man was true, what was it that pushed them to the imagination of gods and demons, they had nothing to reference from, and as I've heard on here so many times ancient man's mind was primitive so how does a simple mind conceptualize such beings. 

Most of us have moved beyond the need for such supernatural explanations for every day events.  Some of us have not (look at the opposition to evolution that is so prevalent in highly religious societies).

Could it be that Christian scientist and Christians interested in science sees flaws in evolution that really keeps it in deep question, we are not as dumb as you would like us to be.

Afterwards I think religion became a way to control the masses and keep them in line.  Much as it is still used today to keep the people in fear of places of torment.

  Who do you think is controlling Christianity and why, just why would there be people to have a need to control people outside of the con man who only desire is money. The secular world sees more cons going than the religious world does.

GC