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Originally posted by duckznutz
Darkmagex . . . . do you think that the millions who kneel to pray every week are pondering the philosophies of the creation of the universe? Do you think they all make that effort to go to church week on week, year after year, because they have scientific doubts about interstellar physics?
Maybe they just go out of habit \ fear \ brainwashing \ social pressures \ blah blah blah. A bit like sheep . . . . . . the lord is my 'shepherd'! (No offence meant to anyone religious who might read this . . just my personal view).
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I don't think it is that simple. No. Most don't ponder the far reaches of space BUT one of the main reasons for religion is to explain the unknowable and give us comfort in that ignorance that there is something bigger than us out there looking after things. Something that cares for us and takes care of us... something the brings meaning where there appears to be randomness...
These are existential questions, questions that we all face and religion is but one answer to those questions.
By the way... sheep is a great analogy for God and Jesus. Cows are hearded. They must be driven on and forcibly brought to the coral. Sheep follow. Shepards watch over their flocks so they can remain blissfully unaware or at least unconcerned of lurking dangers.
Personally, I don't believe in a god or God. I find my meaning and purpose elsewhere (or sometimes not at all). That said, many, many people take comfort in the fact that there is a God. I don't see this as a bad thing in the slightest.