I, myself, am not big on this whole religion thing. It seems illogical to me. I do understand that religions worked well for people to make answers for things they couldn't explain. That's why almost every religion (including Christianity if you approach it a certain way) has a God that represents the sun. It the big life-giving ball of fire in the sky, so it's important to survival. It make crops grow, giving food. It gives warmth and light. It's a big deal.
What I don't understand is how religion has gone on to today. Especially since the modern religions weren't always around. Christianity got big in the Roman days and the Bible was created by a government hand-selecting various scriptures that helped solidify peoples belief in Christ. If people believe in something as powerful as God, they were easier to control by the government that supported their religion.
But, since then, there's been so many things that have shown up that disprove various parts of the Bible. The Earth clearly wasn't created in seven days. Dinosaurs existed, yet they didn't interact with Adam and Eve. Evolution can easily be seen by observing bacteria under a microscope for long enough if you don't want to look at fossil records.
Yet, despite these things, religion survives. Why? Is it because people, at very young ages, are told to believe that this book, created by man, is in some way divine?
Or is it perhaps that the churches themselves refuse to lay down and die? After all, they're out for money, just like any other organization.
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