My view on religion


“Creating God” -Hidden Brain podcast
The view of people created religions and god to impose values and curb behaviors is right down my alley. I believe so too. Because it’s so rational/economical it’s no wonder that the angry, bad-deed punishing gods work better than the loving and forgiving one according to the research. I wouldn’t discount the power of forgiving god either since Christianity is still pretty strong in this world. But thinking about it, the god in Christianity is also punishing and pretty unforgiving. It has everyone carry sin when they are born. There’s hell to punish wrong-doers, and there were natural disasters that wipe out all when it’s the majority that’s bad. With that kind of power, it’s pretty lazy to 砍掉重練. So the research seems to be accurate, it’s the scary gods that prevail in our society. 

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