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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jun 13, 2020 19:10:47 GMT
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 13, 2020 19:25:36 GMT
The fact that it is here still seems to imply that the answer is YES.
I'd say it is more part of human nature to be frightened of the unknown, of losing people we love and being scared at the idea of non-existence and coming up with stories and myths that stay around because that fear and confusion is so heightened.
Religion fills the gaps.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 13, 2020 19:34:21 GMT
Well, I remember Dr. Michio Kaku saying in an interview that we have it hard-wired into us to want to know where we came from and what we're doing here.
If that's the case, most of the people I meet seem to have ripped that wiring out.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Jun 13, 2020 19:44:39 GMT
As self aware creatures, humans need to explain their environment to themselves in order to understand it. If they see visions in their dreams or under the influence of substances or stress, they apply an interpretation derived from their culture.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Jun 13, 2020 19:55:00 GMT
An example of observation that leads to religious belief is consumption of pork ancient middle east. The shamans and priests of a tribe probably over time noticed a lot of people were coming to him or her for treatment of a serious sickness after eating pork, but rarely after eating beef or lamb. So the explanation became, pork is bad, beef/lamb good: only God ordains what is good or bad, so this is God law. They had no way of knowing about infectious diseases or that cooking pork longer would solve the problem.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jun 13, 2020 20:38:24 GMT
Religion is pretty much entitrely a social construct (not something that's biological ingrained within us), so no
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Jun 13, 2020 20:55:54 GMT
Religion is pretty much entitrely a social construct (not something that's biological ingrained within us), so no Curiosity is though. |
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Post by thefleetsin on Jun 13, 2020 23:31:28 GMT
a certain criminal element
albeit
i was raised in an environment
where
breaking the law
was the last thing on
my mind.
i was never inclined
to
promote violent behavior.
for
i ridiculously served a risen savior
who turns out
loves giving out various favors
over
the ransacked counters of
your
local nike store.
for many are the whores
strung out
between the floors
pretending its all about justice
when
everyone
just wants more to score.
sjw 06/13/2020 inspired at this very moment in time by yeah right.
from the 'binge series' of poems
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Post by goz on Jun 13, 2020 23:45:00 GMT
Religion is pretty much entitrely a social construct (not something that's biological ingrained within us), so no Curiosity is though. I was feeling sorry for Planet Arlon so I will make this statement. "As we understand more of our natural environment through the means of science, we seem to have less need of a religious explanation for things that we don't understand", That is not to say that we will ever know everything, and it is not to say that people who don't know much need religion, however it is an interesting perspective on the evolution of society and culture. |
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 14, 2020 3:53:52 GMT
There have been non-religious societies, especially primitive ones, so I don't think I'd say religion is innately human nature, but I think it's a very common outcome of humanity's nature to be curious and invent explanations in the form of anthropomorphic agents that control things they don't understand.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 14, 2020 4:06:05 GMT
I was feeling sorry for Planet Arlon so I will make this statement. "As we understand more of our natural environment through the means of science, we seem to have less need of a religious explanation for things that we don't understand", That is not to say that we will ever know everything, and it is not to say that people who don't know much need religion, however it is an interesting perspective on the evolution of society and culture. You were feeling sorry for Planet Arlon? Come on, goz. You never felt sorry for anyone, with the possible exception of yourself. |
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Post by goz on Jun 14, 2020 4:08:00 GMT
I was feeling sorry for Planet Arlon so I will make this statement. "As we understand more of our natural environment through the means of science, we seem to have less need of a religious explanation for things that we don't understand", That is not to say that we will ever know everything, and it is not to say that people who don't know much need religion, however it is an interesting perspective on the evolution of society and culture. You were feeling sorry for Planet Arlon? Come on, goz. You never felt sorry for anyone, with the possible exception of yourself. Fuck off back to the Soapbox. |
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