Are you open minded enough to read on…
It was once said, if god didn’t exist man would have invented him. It seams quite clear now, given today’s society and the knowledge we have scientifically and socially, that we did invent him.
Children often invent an imaginary friend to help them deal with their growing year’s maybe or to give them a voice to discus their thoughts with when adults are not willing or available to be there at their times of need. Adults will often tell children they are being silly and the friend they have created does not exist, why then are adults so determined to believe in their own imaginary friend when no more evidence exists than that of a child’s belief.
It makes perfect sense why peoples of times gone by had the need for explaining the many unexplained and wonderful occurrences of nature. It took many years for modern man to understand the ways of natural world and to uncover the mysteries of science but now we are in a better position to have these understandings we should also now understand that we have, as members of a modern civilized society, no need for believing in a great creator or all seeing omnipotent being.
That is not to say I do not understand peoples fear of death and the unknown but if a greater acceptance of this life being the only life we have I am sure many more people would do more to make the most of this life instead of the belief that we may get a second or even infinate chances to do this all again.
The major problem with the belief in God or Mohamed or Allah or any single creator is that it has been used through out time as a cause celeb allowing man to control man without actually taking any blame for their actions. How often in any religious writing or preaching does the phrase ‘in the name of God’ occur, very conveniently taking any burden from the very person taking the action.
What must have started as simple man attempting to understand the amazing behavior of the world has been developed by man for mans control over man.
This is most evident in the fanatical behavior of religious terrorism, but possibly almost as dangerous is the historical current trend of predominant world religions to control the masses again using ‘God’ as the cover for their own controlling desires.
It is now being suggested that religious study in schools should once again be altered to give children a greater understanding of world religions, surely teaching them the morals of life for people to live in harmony together without an unseen individual being seen as some overwhelming force threatening punishment in an unknown after life.
