What Is Religion? (ritual, America, agnostic, worship, philosophy)

[Runt]

Sure they did. Their lack of knowledge about science led them to believe that thunder or floods occured when the gods were angry. Their fear led them to the conclusion that they must try to please the gods so that they would not destroy humans. This philopshy justified any of their actions: "I sacrified this cow to the Bull God because if I do not please him, he will destroy my lifestock".

With our modern day understanding of science, we do not have as many illusions (at least, most of us do not) as our prehistoric ancestors. However, we still form opinions about the world ("philosophies") that develop into a system of beliefs about how we should lead life. Whenever we must justify our actions, we retreat to our completely subjective philosophies. "Murder is wrong because every human life is valuable".

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by Runt

Sure they did. Their lack of knowledge about science led them to believe that thunder or floods occured when the gods were angry.

No. Their lack of knowledge about science left them with no knowledge of science. Their impulse for meaning drove them to resolve the questions through other means.