Why Didn’t A More Rational View Of Life Crush The Development Of Fantastical Religious Ones?

[Jimmy]

Yes, and many did. In the case of the Greek atomists, many of them were burned alive for daring to read atheist texts which declared the non-existence of god.

De Rurum Natura by Lucretius was lost to time until it was later found in the fifteenth century in a monastery.
Generations of scientists have since read the text. Hobbes, Bacon, Galileo, Darwin and Einstein, to name a short few. Who knows how much a scientific worldview could've flourished if the Greek atomists had not been erased by the Platonic tradition for a millennia.

That said, much progress has been made. In many fields, scientific views of the world has eclipsed idealist ones.

I was talking about now. If people didn’t wanna follow religion, they wouldnt so why are so many still doing it today? I think it’s because people around the world know something’s up with life. They know there a greater mystery that’s hidden.

 

[RabbiO]

… and why have they persisted to this very present day of intelligence?

Back in the day as major religions were taking shape why didn’t a more scientific view of our world and universe crush the development of religions? Why did fantastical stories flourish and get believed as truth? One would think we’d know better. I mean we do have some brains.

Might I ask which version of you is asking the question?

 

[Jimmy]

Might I ask which version of you is asking the question?

Haha

 

[Jimmy]

Might I ask which version of you is asking the question?

The sincere version? Lol

 

[RabbiO]

The sincere version? Lol

I didn’t mean it to be a funny question, nor was it meant to be disrespectful.

 

[LuisDantas]

How am I doing that?

By choosing the thread title with the specific wording that it has.

 

[Jimmy]

I didn’t mean it to be a funny question, nor was it meant to be disrespectful.

Of which versions are you speaking?

 

[Jimmy]

By choosing the thread title with the specific wording that it has.

Ywhy don’t you think they are mutually excludent?

 

[Jimmy]

By choosing the thread title with the specific wording that it has.

I just think religions have hard to swallow ideas when it comes to a supposed rational mind.

 

[Father Heathen]

Because when religions hold power, they tend to have little tolerance for anything that would question (and thus threaten) their authority.

 

[Jimmy]

Might I ask which version of you is asking the question?

I’m not a Jesus believer if that is what you’re referring. I believe the world began around 1979-1980 and is made possible by one man. Are these the versions of which you speak?

 

[Jimmy]

Because when religions hold power, they tend to have little tolerance for anything that would question (and thus threaten) their authority.

Who gives churches their power today? Isn’t it the people?

 

[Father Heathen]

Who gives churches their power today? Isn’t it the people?

Religion still has a strong cultural influence, so some people vote for those with religious agendas into power.

 

[Jimmy]

Religion still has a strong cultural influence, so some people vote for those with religious agendas into power.

Yeah, so it’s the people so obviously they think religion has some merit. Like I said earlier, I think people follow religions because they think that there’s something up with life. That there’s something deeper, some hidden meaning beyond the idea that the cosmos have always existed.

 

[McBell]

… and why have they persisted to this very present day of intelligence?

Back in the day as major religions were taking shape why didn’t a more scientific view of our world and universe crush the development of religions? Why did fantastical stories flourish and get believed as truth? One would think we’d know better. I mean we do have some brains.

because people in general do not like rational (boring).
Especially when there is a generally accepted, and oft time expected, belief in the much more exciting fantastical

 

[Twilight Hue]

… and why have they persisted to this very present day of intelligence?

Back in the day as major religions were taking shape why didn’t a more scientific view of our world and universe crush the development of religions? Why did fantastical stories flourish and get believed as truth? One would think we’d know better. I mean we do have some brains.

Truth be told fantasy is a million gazillion times better than reality.

 

[Jimmy]

Truth be told fantasy is a million gazillion times better than reality.

Fantasy is reality

 

[Twilight Hue]

Fantasy is reality

In its proper realm of course.

 

[Father Heathen]

Yeah, so it’s the people so obviously they think religion has some merit. Like I said earlier, I think people follow religions because they think that there’s something up with life. That there’s something deeper, some hidden meaning beyond the idea that the cosmos have always existed.

The thing is, organized religion is more about social control than it is pondering the mysteries of the universe.

 

[Jimmy]

The thing is, organized religion is more about social control than it is pondering the mysteries of the universe.

I hear ya but I’m not sure about that