Origin of religion

[Afrobean]

Laharl, don't be so uptight.

Even if you have absolute faith in your religion, then you must be in the same boat as atheists when it comes to unrelated belief systems. You believe in the God who created Adam and Eve, who is the father of Jesus, etc. right? You don't believe in things such as Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, right?

Basically, even if your belief system is correct, the origin of religion (ie the initial idea of gods) comes from trying to answer questions which would be difficult to answer. A simple minded individual in ancient times with no concept of science would look at the sun and think "wow look at that fiery chariot driving across the heavens. It moves almost as though there is thought behind it's movements... there must be a sentient being behind this." And after all, there are many independently structured god based belief systems. Laharl, even if your beliefs are true and divinely inspired, what about the belief systems which came before? Or, even more importantly, the beliefs of far off peoples such as Native Americans or South East Asians which involve gods. Are you saying that they're all divinely inspired as well?