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Politics : Should God be replaced?
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To: Krowbar who wrote (3325)11/14/2000 12:27:21 AM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
Now the real question for the psychiatrists is "why do most people have the deep need for an irrational belief in God in the absence of any evidence for one?"



Del,
I think the real answer for this lies in evolution. A long time ago intellect divided along two major divisions. There was thought involving innovation and that which backed the status quo. Each type of thought construct can be right in some circumstances and wrong in others. By having a balance of the two we didn't spend all of our time relearning how to bake bread. Religion also provides a way to satisfy cravings for constancy in times of radical and unsettling changes.

In technological societies there is always a tension between those who embraced the LAST technology and the ones that embrace the NEW technology. Religion is the tool that society uses to bridge social evolutionary chasms and provide the late-adopters a needed lag time to adjust to the new paradigm.

When I first started working for companies, I thought innovation was the only way to succeed. It is exceedingly difficult to manage an organization with a bunch of mavericks, though. Someone has to take out the garbage, do the paperwork, clean the dishes, and work the mines. Religion was a way to give meaning to people doing these tasks.

Religion has always been more important to the underclass than to the ruling class. The ruling class must APPEAR to embrace it to legitimize it, but never do really at a personal level unless it is to dominate.
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