10th January 2019, 8:58 AM
I believe that the concept of deities and an afterlife are coping mechanisms to help us deal with grief and explain things that we couldn't otherwise explain(like natural disasters and cycles). The idea of some all powerful creator that loves me and has a plan is a nice thought, but that is all it is.
We can explain natural disasters, the seasons, the tides, birth/conception, the sun and stars and even rainbows now. We don't need folklore anymore. The only use religion has in the developed world left is to deal with the grief of death, but it also creates an us vs them mentality and does more harm than good.
We can explain natural disasters, the seasons, the tides, birth/conception, the sun and stars and even rainbows now. We don't need folklore anymore. The only use religion has in the developed world left is to deal with the grief of death, but it also creates an us vs them mentality and does more harm than good.