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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
Our belief in religion isn't a sign of our species' stupidity. It's a by-product of our ability to trust people that are older and more experienced. Natural Selection has made us this way. It makes our kids trust their parents when they are told to look both ways before crossing a street, or in primitave times, not to walk alone in the area where coyotes are at night. Eliminating our species sense to inherently believe what they are taught about a higher power would also eliminate our sense to trust those who teach us how to live.
It's not a sign of weakness, just a by-product of what millions and millions of years of natural selection has created for us.
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That doesn't hold up. Yes people believe in religion because parents tell us it's true. But if we were all intelligent, no one would believe it. No parents would tell their kids about their imaginary friend who's blood we drink, etc. If we weren't stupid and weak, there never would have been a need for it.
Humans have religion because we know that we are all going to die, and we are too weak to accept it. So, we basically convince ourselves that we're immortal through the idea of religion; whether it be heaven, re-incarnation, etc. It's because we're all cowards who can't accept death.
I really don't believe that anyone truly believes in religion. Anyone, even the pope. Everyone knows it's man-made bullshit. They just convinced themselves they believe it because they're too weak to face reality.