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I am a christian, i am not a christian out of blind faith but out of proper precaution. If the larger majority of the world believes in God, there is more of a chance of him being real than many other religions, so i say that i am christian in case Christian beliefs are correct, and if they (as well as the other religions) are not then where I place my faith doesnt really matter. Anyways to get on topic i would just like to state a debatable subject and am hoping for a reply on what you think. There is a larger chance than anything else that religion was created in the past as a method to explain the unexplained, as well as give power to the rulers of civilization and provide order to the cities and reason to the wars. What i ask is if this is so, what are the defining factors in the creation of a religion? Why did the egyptians have a polytheistic religion while the (majority of) Mesopotamians developed a monotheistic religion? |
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Tyranny comes in a uniform.
Don't be a Christian as their possition is an irrational one. Islam is fairly rational, so if you're going to go for monotheism go for that religion. Buddhism is also a consistant religion, but there are so many different belief systems within buddhism that it gets a bit confusing to try to read about it. |
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Define "proper precaution" also... |
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Also keep in mind that you dont have to fall under any specific category for religion, having a mix of beliefs is enough for some, like me for example, I believe in a lot of Christian ideals but my definition of "god" is way out there as far as mainstream religions go.. |
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Religion comes about from peoples' fear of the unknown. Specifically, death. The vast majority of people fear death, and people have been fearing death for eons an eons. Ever since the first hominid understood what death was, it has been feared. So it only makes sense for evolution to develop a process to control and deal with this fear. This process is called spirituality. |
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sorry if i didnt elaborate enough on my reasoning of being a christian, christianity where i live is more accepted than say bhuddism or islam is, i find nothing wrong with those two religions. I agree though my thoughts on god and christianity differ from many of the teachings of the bible as well as the church. |
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Tyranny comes in a uniform.
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Insanity is the new avant-garde.
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Insanity is the new avant-garde.
sorry i dont think i thouroughly explained my question. I was asking what the physical events occured that helped form the major religions, a hurricane, whether they lived near a desert, and why these events contributed to the creation the way that they did. |
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You can contribute something like religion to just one criteria. Thousands of factors shape a religion: language, food supply, geograpgic location, temperature, etc, etc, right down to instincts and psychological natures and the like. |
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