"God" to me is a political creation to provide legitimacy to regimes. gods on the other hand are means of explaining and rationalising what we see around us. The two are not mutually exclusive and overlap quite extensively (and I wish I could believe by the way)
Religion I see as a shared set of beliefs and assumptions that guides behaviour, stronger than a mere culture. It doesnt necessarily need a god figure.
Science is such an example I think but what happens when everything is explainable - when we work out the universal equation of everything for example? Will it lose its purpose, drive and potency and just become wallpaper? What then do we believe in?
Life in the 21st century
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