Religious rants

Gabe, I mentioned Aztecs only ate limbs. No brain or spinal tissue. Most of our old world diseases come from our interaction with farm animals. So we're already exposed to humans anyway. I'm just saying, meats meat. https://media.tenor.com/ay0Vpx9gwWsAAAAC/zombie-land-saga-tae-yamada.gif

Aethists be like: omg religious people kill in the name of their religion so we dont believe in it. Aethists when people kill each other regardless of religion or not: yep nothing wrong here, glad to be part of the human race. Thats how you sound. You cant prove God exists but you cannot prove he doesnt exist. Yet, he doesnt exist because you said so. But the bible predicts something will happen and then it does, oh man thats coincidence it was bound to happen.

If something doesnt exist simply because you dont agree with it that logic makes no sense. Also there is an explanation for these ritualistic killings and its also explained in the bible as part of the dark trinity. Then the fact that all these tribes scattered across the world do the same things its just coincidence?

But my thing is, why does religion exist? Like why had this continued to exist? With all the "lack of evidence" and people proving how the bible and everything else are full of plot holes and contradictions. That God can allow an innocent person die a cruel death. Why do we still believe. With people being killed simply for believing in something that according to others doesnt exist. An imaginary God. Why is that? Why does it exist? Has this not occured to you? Some people live from the beginning of their life until the end suffering and yet still believe. When it has not gained them any favor. Why do people pray to God? Do you think maybe other people are getting something you havent? Or maybe you have but you ignore it. Explain why God cannot exist after centuries of people praying to a God. I mean if you dont believe in the Christian God thats one thing. But none? Why?

It has but then i realized there are people who believe there are time traveling Nazis on the moon and realized people will believe anything

But has time traveling nazis stood the test of time? I mean be real here some people believe in some crazy ass conspiracy theories but as of late how many of those have started seeming more true? For example people talked about UFO and then were labeled crazy. Now the US government confirms it. While not everything must be true, why has centuries of people allowed religion to exist? Trends tend to die out. Whats cool today isnt tomorrow. Why not religion?

People of all walks of life are more nuanced than a definitive title. Not all Christians see the world the same. Not all agnostic folks criticize various faiths for those same principles. What's more important is what a belief system means for yourself. Why is it your foundation and for what reason should another do the same? If one says, "I want to improve the living conditions of this world." Then one must consider the exact method and resources needed to properly execute such an ideal. To not understand one's own reason is the equivalent to building a house on sand. When the ground shifts everything built atop comes crumbling down. If that person takes time to build on a set foundation it becomes a rock that stands firm against a world of changing ideology. Most faiths that have survived generations were built on a core belief that never changed its founding principles, but could grow to accommodate new challenges as society evolved. The ones that lacked a firm understanding of their central principal were either absorbed by other similar beliefs or discarded.

But my thing is why is there not a foundation based off nothing? Like what lead us as humans to believe there is something higher than us. A universal creator? When things like darwinism come about and the big bang theory why did religion not just cease to exist? Who is to say that its immoral to do this or that? Why do people say its bad to do things that doesnt hurt anyone? Why is prostitution bad? Why is it bad to always lust? Why is it bad to to do half the things the bible or quaran or any other book. Why does satan exist? Us as humans just decided these rules were established by an invisible being. A being that has no contorl on your life because "he doesnt exist" who enforces these then?

This is just my guess since I haven't looked into it but I would assume ancient people experiencing consequences that they couldn't explain would think it'd be the result of divine punishment for example ancient people didn't know about STDs so if they gave into their lust and slept with a bunch of people they would get a bunch of STDs and suffer potentially dying because of it therefore thinking god punished them and then labeling it as a deadly sin

Religion is often a simple answer to complex questions. It took thousands of years of human existence to arrive at what we know religion is today. For me this is an anthropology and antiquities question rather than ideological. Have you ever read up on Mesopotamia? It's accepted to be the culture with the oldest known religion. It was polytheism like Greek mythos, Egyptian Mythos, and Hinduism. So to stock pile onto your questions why did people go from believing in multiple gods to focusing on one? What religions or beliefs predated these? How do you explain modern day religions that still are polytheistic today? What about religions that have no God or gods?