That's really an odd question. To postulate you'd be able to seperate say, the Greek Pantheon from Greek Civilization. When did religion really become into being?
Today's common definition of Religion automatically makes the concept stupid. It basically breaks down into: the belief of things that can't be proved or are untrue. It must be about unprovable things, elsewise, why would you have to believe, instead of know? I think the problem today is that we have ways of proving and disproving things, but they have little to say about how we should behave. And it's really hard to decide to behave one way or another based on any reason science gives us. Back when, there was not a thing such as Religion (believe in things that can't be proved). There was just stuff people knew in order to survive, some of which were true, some were untrue, but not worth testing, just in case. Gods were just an obvious explanation, it was Occam's razor for the time. When humans went beyond simple survival, Religion was born. Even the most scientific people deal with belief today, though they may not include a God. Take global warning... is it real and human caused? God knows there are scientists out there to prove just that, even if it is not so. Because, they believe certain things: that nature should progress with as little human impact as possible. You can't scientifically prove that something like that is true. You may say that it is better for human survival, but even that is not exactly provable, and still requires the belief that our survival is a Good thing. I don't think you can disentangle belief from human kind, history or future. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
