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Religions are Manmade

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orcel

Amature Theologian
I suggest that all religions are manmade. I do not mean to suggest that they are all false, but rather that mankind has an incomplete understanding of Truth. Therefore we take the aspects of Truth that we do know and focus on that bit of Truth, add in a little dogma to fill in the gaps and create a religion.

Further diferent groups or cultures, by focusing on distint aspects of the limited view of Truth we have been given and each creating their own dogma (based partically on culture) can create very different religions.

Hence I rarely blame God for the actions of religious people who claim to be acting on His behalf. God is not a fault there, rather the flawed, confused and ignorant people are.

Opinions?
 
nevaya

nevaya

Member
It seems to me that religion is most likely man-made, However even those of us are nontheist can appreciate the comfort in knowing you are saved by a supernatural being that has the ability to continue life....forever.How lovely it must be to live in a fairytale.
 
Luminous

Luminous

non-existential luminary
BruceDLimber said:
You are most welcome to your opinion!

Of course, a few billion people disagree with you.

Just the facts.

Bruce
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a few billion people disagree with you also. actually i doubt you will find anyone who has exactly your same believes.
 
Oneatatime

Oneatatime

Huh?
nevaya said:
Fear is a primal motivator and the truth is far to sinister for most to comprehend.
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If popularity was a deciding factor in whether something is true or not you might be onto something but its not. Its also arguable whether or not religion really deserves it popularity given that it relies so heavily on child indoctrination and the exploitation of the emotionally vulnerable.

Religion is a consequence of wanting to believe something is true because its comforting and appears to provide answers to many of lifes questions. It is evidently man-made because so far we've not come across any religious animals as far as I'm aware from whom we could have learned it from.
 
nevaya

nevaya

Member
Oneatatime said:
If popularity was a deciding factor in whether something is true or not you might be onto something but its not. Its also arguable whether or not religion really deserves it popularity given that it relies so heavily on child indoctrination and the exploitation of the emotionally vulnerable.

Religion is a consequence of wanting to believe something is true because its comforting and appears to provide answers to many of lifes questions. It is evidently man-made because so far we've not come across any religious animals as far as I'm aware from whom we could have learned it from.
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I agree
 
Boethiah

Boethiah

Penguin
Religion is definitely manmade. The ideas behind it or the belief in God are another thing. Religion as the collective group of people with similar views on theology is undoubtedly manmade.
 
TheGodHypothesis

TheGodHypothesis

Descent with modification
orcel said:
I suggest that all religions are manmade. I do not mean to suggest that they are all false, but rather that mankind has an incomplete understanding of Truth. Therefore we take the aspects of Truth that we do know and focus on that bit of Truth, add in a little dogma to fill in the gaps and create a religion.

Further diferent groups or cultures, by focusing on distint aspects of the limited view of Truth we have been given and each creating their own dogma (based partically on culture) can create very different religions.

Hence I rarely blame God for the actions of religious people who claim to be acting on His behalf. God is not a fault there, rather the flawed, confused and ignorant people are.

Opinions?
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I mean to suggest they are all false. That is, no compelling evidence has been profered to argue for the existence of a supreme being. You started out logically and rationally but then, for an unknown rational reason, still posit the existence of God. Why? Why do you require that hypothesis?
 
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orcel

Amature Theologian
TheGodHypothesis said:
I mean to suggest they are all false. That is, no compelling evidence has been profered to argue for the existence of a supreme being. You started out logically and rationally but then, for an unknown rational reason, still posit the existence of God. Why? Why do you require that hypothesis?
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I utilize logic and faith an addition to observed scientific evidence to understand the universe, its properties, its origins and its purposes.
 
Tathagata

Tathagata

Freethinker
There's only 3 possibilities concerning matters of religious origin:

- Religion truly originated from the divine figures.

- Religious texts were deliberate fiction and everyone missed the point by taking it as truth.

- Religions were created by those who wished to control others. A conspiracy if you will. Religions have immense power over peoples minds so if you can convince someone that God commands you to wipe out a nearby nation, you have an easier time getting people to do what you say than if you didn't appeal to religious authority.

Religions were NOT created by people who were simply mistaken in their understanding of the world. Who could have possibly came up with the idea that every human is born with sin, must be redeemed by a cosmic Jewish zombie who must be brutally tortured and die on a cross to redeem sins of mankind, by some sort of misunderstanding or flawed philosophical inquiry? The origin of religious doctrine truly is a mystery to me because I reject that they come from the divine, yet, I can't think of any other plausible explanation.



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nevaya

nevaya

Member
Tathagata said:
Religions were NOT created by people who were simply mistaken in their understanding of the world.



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How could religion have not originated in the imagination of the human mind. It is of course much simpler to define humanity in terms of spirituality, rather than scientific theory. Science fiction is created in the mind. Why not God?
 
Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
outhouse said:
exactlly man put pen to paper or papyrus.

a deity has never wrote one word as far as I know
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That's one predominant and direct fact to which a notable number of theists choose to ignore outright, as one simply cannot provide a valid and convincing argument for the presence of any deity of which upon examination, you find the entire source of all information and evidence in any form whether it be spoken, written, object, or representing on behalf of whatever seems to be proof at the time, comes exclusively from human beings and found absolutely nowhere else.

There is simply no getting around that.
 
O

orcel

Amature Theologian
Tathagata said:
There's only 3 possibilities concerning matters of religious origin:

- Religion truly originated from the divine figures.

- Religious texts were deliberate fiction and everyone missed the point by taking it as truth.

- Religions were created by those who wished to control others. A conspiracy if you will. Religions have immense power over peoples minds so if you can convince someone that God commands you to wipe out a nearby nation, you have an easier time getting people to do what you say than if you didn't appeal to religious authority.

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4) Religions were created by well meaning but flawed men attempting to understand a partical view of the divine.

Personally I'm Christian because having studied religions I beieve its got the least incomplete view of the inspiring Truth.
 
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