Religion is just more of a misunderstood concept of the world. People once thought that Earth is the center of the universe but we found that its wrong, same with religion but people refuse to accept it(edited)
i am not an expert by any means, but here's what makes sense to me.
there is probably a reason why religion emerged on most parts of the world. I suspect it can strengthen a society for the following reasons that come to mind:
ethical ruleset on how to behave
common believes and thoughts are more efficient
having positive thoughts / prayers every day has shown to improve mental well being
explanation to things that can't be explained are more satisfying for a happy life than always going with "we don't know"
rituals can be important for phases of life and strengthen the feeling of community
having a reason to live or a goal to live for can create a strong force
Obviously religion is not very compatible with modern times, however we are still kind of animals and are also not very compatible with the modern world, too. Going full determinism is also not very healthy, it's somewhat of a mix in between I think. Believing in god does not make sense to me, but spirituality is still important to have in your life imo, whatever that means to you, even if it's only this 'united human phenomena' of ethics and rituals and all that stuff.
pointing the finger at religion and saying it's garbage and consists only of uneducated crazy people is the easy way out. The real problem is when people use something to escape reality, that can be any obsession.
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Obviously most things in life are shades of gray, there is no evil or good side, just a complex mesh of systems. I am an atheist by definition, too, but hating things 'just because' is pretty wild to me.(edited)
a few hundreds years ago the vast majority of humans worked in agriculture
the modern age is happening at an exponential rate, ancient things will be present for a long time when everything else if sky rocketing
a few hundreds years ago the vast majority of humans worked in agriculture
the modern age is happening at an exponential rate, ancient things will be present for a long time when everything else if sky rocketing
