Do you think religions are man made?

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ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

For me I believe when we are born we are destined to be somebody as you grow up your parents and still their beliefs in you until you're 18 when you get out on your own you see where your parents made a mistake or where you can't justify the way they believe for your own beliefs when we were born we were all given a gift that gift is choice we get to choose who we want to be in life by the things that we say and do we have a heart a mind of Our Own depending on who you are or who you have become is where you will go it's your choice

Now everything I have said above is the way that I see it it doesn't mean that I'm right or I'm wrong and what I mean by all that is no matter what religion you are in or that you are for me the most important religion is becoming one with this universe with everybody in this universe with everything in this universe because we are one this planet is pure energy we are made of energy when you can become one with it and with everything else in it it doesn't matter what religion you're in because you are one with the universe and everything is right my religion is to give to help to teach everyone to love to become one do not ever pick sides to accept who everyone is or walk away from them ignorance holds our world back holds every person in this world back from becoming who they should become picking a religion a team a gang of people who all think in one way is not for me not unless you are one with the universe because that's pure love to me that's my choice and only my choice until I find something different that's the way I will live but I keep going forward wanting to know all the answers wanting to become the best I can become and sharing that just because I see things this way right now doesn't mean that I will see them this way tomorrow not unless I find something better and I don't think I'm going to but I will keep an open mind so this is my choice I'm not saying I'm right I'm not saying I'm wrong for me today this is my choice and the way that I find the best way to live and the best person to be

TommyWiseau69 · Accepted Answer

Well the notion that the Earth and universe was created in 7 days and human beings, specifically Adam and Eve came into existence when it was created is far from the truth. There is scientific evidence that we are closely related to chimpanzees in terms of genes and mammals weren't even around when the Earth was created as Earth was a gigantic molten fiery planet at first that could not have any life form living on it at first. The big bang theory also states that it took a super long time for the universe to be created and everything in it, definitely not 7 days.

Although there is evidence of an "Eve" which is called mitochondrial Eve in which we inherit our mitochondria from through the maternal line in our families, but this individual was not around before dinosaurs came into existence. there's valid scientific proof for many things, you can't really prove it from a religious perspective. Although I do believe that there had to be some being that caused the big bang theory and that would probably be God as there's no other way for everything in existence to come other than from God itself.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Yes. Religions can only exist if people believe in them, hence there are many religions that no longer exist or are rarely followed which seem strange given that if a religious being were so powerful, surely they'd ensure that they wouldn't simply be forgotten with the changing of time and people.

Religion is a lot like the concept of the movie, "The Village." The founders created a story and a legend bigger than any laws or rules they could institute to make the people afraid to leave the world they'd created, and to be good or else bad things would happen to them. Religion does that---gives people something to fear if they step out of line and it's something they can neither hear or see in tangible form so religion can be everywhere as a silent controller of their actions. It can also conveniently explain literally everything so people don't fear the unknown or things like death if there is an explanation that can be given.

Every society has had non believers, often killed, jailed, thrown out for not believing but there has been no evidence, that non believers have a better or worse life than those who are pious in all that they do.

Dazed0N0Confused · Accepted Answer

Absolutely. The history of our species there have been hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of gods & theology.
Religion was meant to help explain why the world worked the way it did & many gods symbolized natural occurances or human knowledge, such as rain or medicine.
Slaves were a major part of religion as well, because man needs someone beneath him to feel powerful, but doesn't want to feel responsible for their own actions & blame how the gods made life work.
No one has the right to say one religion is better than another. Some people need religion, just as kids need Santa Claus or the Boogie Man to be good. Other people just know that you attractore flies with honey than with vinegar & that no god can dictate, if they even care to begin with, how we live & act.

caring__1 · Answer

We started off as nomadic people... going to where the food and conditions were better. Eventually, we came across a lush beautiful area, filled with food, and chose to settle down. That choice led us to be at the whim of nature, raising fears. Here we were at the base of a volcano, fearful the occasional rumblings would lead to an eruption. Along came a guy who claimed to be the high priest of the volcano god. He claimed all we need to do is a particular ritual, and the volcano god would be appeased and wouldn't erupt. This allowed us to feel in control of our life and destiny. We did the ritual and all was fine and stress-free.

One day, the volcano started rumbling again, so we all ran to the high priest. He said not everyone was properly doing the ritual, so the volcano god was upset. Now, the volcano god required more... including our best crops and our virgin daughters.

People will do anything to feel in control of their lives. The self-help book "The Secret" grossed over $300 million, claiming all you have to do is wish for something to happen, and it will happen. People are very gullible and are willing to believe and do most anything to believe they can gain control over their lives.

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

Beliefs derive from many sources, though most are invalid. Trace the cord back to the wall. But here's what you should really pay attention to:

Does the local faith work? Does it keep the state in line, and accountable, or has the local belief system been totally hijacked and weaponized by the state?

Is someone who isn't harming anyone, but believes differently about how to govern certain areas of their own lives within reason able to do so in peace, or hold accountable a state that disrespects that difference, or does the state pervert the local faith's teachings to burn that man's house down?

If a woman believes clubbing is evil somehow, but she isn't doing needless harm to anyone who goes clubbing, is she free to speak out why she believes clubbing is bad, and otherwise live her quiet life, or does the local region's equivalent of the FBI kick her door in and throw her in prison for her beliefs, after raping her and killing her pets in front of her? Do they use the local popular religion's glorification of nightclubs as a sacrament as some excuse for abusing her and disregarding her rights?

That's what you need to pay attention to.

RavVid · Answer

I think they are intuitive to a degree.

On a farm as a boy, spring was magic. I would plant seeds and every day after school check. It was a buzz when they sprouted and the first tendrils broke the earth. Then as they grew I would wait for them to flower. Every day checking and nurturing them. Then they flowered and that was a joy. And you would wait for the fruit to form. Everyday checking and nurturing. After the fruit formed you would wait for the fruit to ripen. The first blush of red on a tomato. The first tassel to form on sweetcorn.

I'm assuming you are a city girl. I think that any city person won't understand the rhyme or rhythm and indeed wonder of nature. Especially now. There are tomatoes and new potatoes 365 now. But even city people were more attuned to natures cycles a couple of decades ago because new potatoes came in new potato season. There are no seasons any more in the super market.
It was wondrous to me as a boy and even now on my city apartment balcony.

It would be easy to worship nature oh 10,000 years ago. Every year at our church, we had a harvest festival to celebrate the fruits of the land. Essentially it was celebrating the Creation. I think that is a very natural thing to invent and worship gods of. eg the Tomato God.

About 2000 years ago we decided to create and worship the Creator rather than the Creation. All the mono theistic religions came into being about the same time period.

Incidentally I get off my ass and have a harvest festival, in the park, about every 5 years on average. At times it is good to worship the creation.

slatyb · Answer

As opposed to being handed down by God? Of course they are man-made. Why would God give separate instructions to different people? The day I learned that there are multiple religions in the world, and the followers of each are sure they are right and everyone else is wrong was the day I realized that none of them were true.

Apulu_Imback · Answer

Of course it is. Actually in ancient times people were afraid about the natural disasters as they didn't had any scientific or logical answer for it. They believed an evil source performed this or something powerful did this when he was dissatisfied by people. Hence people started praying other power. This power was then called God and religions were made based upon what different people believe God and his story is like. Religions are man made but the true power isn't of course, religions are just different routes to same destination you can say.

justEric · Answer

Yes, no religion was created by a god or deity, it's all on humanity. I have my religion, but I don't try nor need to force my view of the world to anyone. I believe religion serves to make someone be better and feel better, each person should be free to choose the religion that works for them or not having religion if it suits better. That said, it would be naive to not recognize that religion have been used for centuries to control people, keep the power status of rulers intact and to ensure people, specially the poor and uneducated, behave adequately. But I think humanity would be in a worse place now if it wasn't for religion, the fear of consequences is what keeps a lot of people in line

schittywok · Answer

Hell. You aren't supposed to know until you die. Who the fuck cares? If I'm a Conservative Trump Guy? It ain't up to you to know what the fuck I believe. The coolest thing about it is? I ain't religious one fucking lick. No one, absolutely no one is supposed to jive with that mindset. Yet the USA isn't the Greatest Country in the World (in LIbtards minds). That is thee greatest thing about this joint. We make it possible for everyone to have a say. We make it possible for thee World to have a say.

Jessica405 · Answer

Sure are! All made up because of mankind's fear of death. They have made up this after life crap because they cannot accept their own mortality. When you go, that's your lot. Oblivion.

MarkRet · Answer

They partly are. For thousands of years humans have sensed that there's 'something' else out there, in a dimension we don't understand. God is there, along with the Angels, but so is satan and the demons. Some humans have a stronger sense of this than others, and they hypothesize that they're connecting with God, and set parameters for a religion. Of course, they might be connecting with a demon, who will then help this person create a deceptive or evil religion.

Anonymous · Answer

sure, and it's just a coincidence that people across the globe came up with similar "stories" to tell their children about past world events and people, and totallllly coincidental that we're living in a time right now where we can literally see things predicted in the Bible taking place right in front of our eyes even though there will always be people who deny that truth.

I keep hearing people say this, and I'm starting to agree with it more and more-- that "Satan's" biggest achievement is convincing people that he doesn't exist.

qwert1234 · Answer

Yes.

Odd that the top/all religions did not describe dinosaurs but hey - they aren't discovered back then..

Odd that religions only happened in a specific place instead of, you know, the world. Maybe there are no people on the other side of the world back then.

Dargil · Answer

As in "man made?" Some are, some aren't. I admit my bias when I say that Islam, LDS and Jehovah Witnesses are contrived imitations of Judaism and Christianity. I think Judaism and Christianity are more organic in some manner as is Buddhism. Others like Shinto, Tao/Confucianism, Zoroastrianism began as social philosophies that evolved into religions. These are purely my opinions and I am not in a debating mood.

shark58 · Answer

No, I am sorry, but religions are spirit-made. The spirits try to express themselves and want to get into relationships to humans. Unfortunately religions are woven into our culture, and sometimes or most of the times they die then: fe Christianity, after becoming a common accepted religion in the Roman empire, it almost died, and since then many churches are spirtually dead. I hope that helps you...

Gollum · Answer

Of course they are. Yet they are derived from ancient Extra Terrestrials who put on airs with their superior technology and demanded obedience. But if you look at them with a clear mind and rational thought the illogical nature of the garbage propagated in religions should tell you enough.

KarinMcDonald · Answer

Yes. My humble opinion is that man came up with the idea of religion to explain things that at the time were unexplainable. Now we have science. We can see different galaxies light years away. We are a crumb in the universe.

OnTheLevel · Answer

100% with no shadow of a doubt. Religion was invented so humans could explain natural phenomena that they couldn't understand. From there, they found that they could control and manipulate others if they could convince them that their actions were being judged by a higher being with limitless power. Humans being humans, the ability to control others took on a life of its own.

lightbulb27 · Answer

Of course. It is man’s communication of what they experience. I don’t think the underlying truths are man made.

We have creative minds…

I do believe in Christ though… because I see the greater truths in it

mstbooblover · Answer

No doubt about that ! Let's face it: religions are man made, which does not mean they can't have a positive function with people of good will. Religions can also offer some answers to difficult questions about life for anxious people.

madds67 · Answer

Yes I do think religions are man made. People say, society would crumble without a god. So I think society created something to believe in, so for everything we can’t answer as a society we all of a sudden have the answer.
As someone who is non religious that’s my pov.

Daniela1982 · Answer

Great! Another clickbait question on Christianity.

Anonymous · Answer

Not entirely. Christianity is divinely inspired. God may have given us the framework but man is not omnipotent as God is. We mess up his message frequently. For example it wasn't God's idea to have money changers in his temple. It wasn't God's idea for the church to sell indulgences, it wasn't God's idea to turn a blind eye to Catholic priests molesting children. etc.

godfatherfan · Answer

Lol.. WTF kind of question is that? Of course ever one is. They are no natural phenomena.

Js3522 · Answer

I think so, and all you need is a few family or friends to say something and boy they believe it, as for me, I'm not religious, many reasons for it, example, in churches, there is holy water, what makes that water holy,

RedStiletto88 · Answer

Definitely yes!! It’s used as a way to control people especially women.

jongreat46 · Answer

yes, since men use religion to control two things; women and sex hence the obsession with being a virgin and the pressure is given to women to remain sexually pure despite no evidence that it helps and in my experience being a virgin actually can lead to serious medical issues.

Googlemyahoo · Answer

No God sent his transcripts down via wifi directly to the guy who then carved it out on stone

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Absolutely!! No question about it!! It's just another thing certain people use to control you.

Rockstarrrrr · Answer

It seems like it... Of course nothing is entirely sure because nobody came back after death to tell us... If you look at life here on earth... Most likely we live in a simulation

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Absolutely. Even IF there is one or more deities, they didn’t write the rules. People did, with divine inspiration as it were. So even if it’s legitimately inspired, humans still created the religions.

Pudsmucker · Answer

Religions are not mad made. They're put upon this Earth to help mankind to to follow God's commandments that we may enter back into his presence after we pass from this earthly life.

goaded · Answer

Yes. 100%. There's no evidence for any god, but there's huge amounts of evidence of people and other animals lying for their own benefit.

dustybiker · Answer

I have a scientific mind. But also believe in the paranormal. End result… still no clue.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Of course you don't see a cat worshiping a god.

genericname85 · Answer

of course they are. no "omniscient and omnipotent" being would be dumb enough to come up with such incoherent crap.

H8INCHES · Answer

There is no question that they are. But that does not mean God isn't real... or that religion is wrong.
When a religion is questionable is when it focuses too much on parts of the Bible instead of the collective word of the it's entirety.

jshm2 · Answer

Those are called "cults" not "religions," dearie.  It's like asking what's the difference between a soldier and serial killer.

Einzelgeist · Answer

100% religion, ideology, ETC is all one in the same

John_Doesnt · Answer

Yes, every religion was invented by people to control other people. Religion is a tool of oppression.

IesusHominumSalvator · Answer

If God exists, God has had to reveal his will in a religion... And only one religion can be the truth. And yes God exists.

Anonymous · Answer

There are many more man-made religions than genuine religions. The real difference is that, in Christianity, Jesus came to us in person instead of religion searching for something it will never find.

CaptainLegal · Answer

Yeah they are at least that's my opinion but I respect people's choice in believing in God and I don't try to make them change their opinion

AndrésC64 · Answer

Absolutely!

Hairylegs222 · Answer

Yes, all made up and nonsense. People with low common sense are religious, no offense.

Kelly6 · Answer

No it’s not man made, but men have bent it to meet their needs

FilmGuy93 · Answer

I assume you mean the idea of "god" being man made, instead of the religion? Because religions are undoubtedly man-made. They are organized systems of worshiping a diety.

WizzardGirl · Answer

Lmao... and who the fuck created them? Cats? Thw words wrote down themselves in the bible?

Jenny-Marie · Answer

Most definitely. Man can't abide the fear of life totally ending. I have no fear of death so long as it is not too painful.

more_than_a_guy · Answer

Yes, men made religions to make sense of things before science was advanced. Like: (the vulcano was erupted because the god was angry).

Anonymous · Answer

I do. They were designed as a means to control people.

ThebestIndian · Answer

Yeah. They all are man made. They do it to overcome fear of death, fear of losing and all. I guess it is okay to be religious when you don’t blame other religions. Respect religions

NottaNatty · Answer

I believe there is only one God and one true religion as far as the rest go they are false religion, man made beliefs to distract from truth. But everyone has different perspectives

CountryWanderer · Answer

I think they're man-made with differing levels of truth. God can use these to reveal himself to people.

goodgirlsteven · Answer

They are man made who else would create them?

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

Well they are and labeled as beliefs. I believe disagreement will come my way..

Anonymous · Answer

🙄 I’m not going to give my input, if I give a well articulated answer on this. People on GAG with their anti-religious views will want to rip me into shreds. I will leave it at that.

Grond21 · Answer

Of course some of them are. That's very obvious and has to be true logically. But all of them? No.

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

Well who else fo you think made them? Aliens which our primitive ancestors titled as gods?

Echosoul · Answer

For certain. People were curious about the world and didn't have any answers so invented them. Or some groups wanted a way to control others.

Tamera952 · Answer

Think? I know they are!

Do you think religions are man made?

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