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Which doesn't explain why so many people believe nowadays. Not that many people can be so deluded, surely.
An entire country, who thought they were isolated, believed in the same religion once. I'm talking about Japan and the Shinto religion. That's 100% of their population who believed that, even when western people started to arrive at their shores with plenty of evidence and even another religion to prove them wrong. The same example can be applied to so many other religions through time. Most of these religions have disappeared or have been absorbed.
The reason the main religions of today aren't disappearing is because religion as a whole has become a "don't touch this" subject. They're basically competing for the right to be correct. When scientists try to prove them wrong, believers and religious leaders answer by saying "Not your place to question us". It's simply a case of not wanting to accept science. It's a matter of the human mind, not a battle of facts versus ideas/scriptures.
In my opinion, there is a place for religion on a spiritual level. I'm totally not religious, but I find myself "praying" for a family member to get through surgery alive and such. I don't pray to the god of any religion, it's just the experience of a basic need mankind has had since evolving into clever beings. At its core, religion is probably an expression of hope or despair. There was no need to write books detailing the whole process of creation or whatever. People prayed or tried to appease "gods" since before writing was introduced.
An entire country, who thought they were isolated, believed in the same religion once. I'm talking about Japan and the Shinto religion. That's 100% of their population who believed that, even when western people started to arrive at their shores with plenty of evidence and even another religion to prove them wrong. The same example can be applied to so many other religions through time. Most of these religions have disappeared or have been absorbed.
The reason the main religions of today aren't disappearing is because religion as a whole has become a "don't touch this" subject. They're basically competing for the right to be correct. When scientists try to prove them wrong, believers and religious leaders answer by saying "Not your place to question us". It's simply a case of not wanting to accept science. It's a matter of the human mind, not a battle of facts versus ideas/scriptures.
In my opinion, there is a place for religion on a spiritual level. I'm totally not religious, but I find myself "praying" for a family member to get through surgery alive and such. I don't pray to the god of any religion, it's just the experience of a basic need mankind has had since evolving into clever beings. At its core, religion is probably an expression of hope or despair. There was no need to write books detailing the whole process of creation or whatever. People prayed or tried to appease "gods" since before writing was introduced.
