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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank
I'm an atheist and have been for a very long time. If people weren't "taught" to be religious, I don't think religion would even exist.
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I'm not sure about that Frank.
Religion is a coping mechanism in many societies, infact through many anthropological studies, every one of them has some form of religion/magic.
Basically, people turn to religion in order to explain the unexplainable. Magic is also used to explain the unexplainable, but in slightly different ways. Getting Sick is an example, many societies in the world think that it was an evil omen or Magic which caused the sickness, now we know it is bacteria/viruses.
Whether it is belief in spirits, divination, supernatural, etc. All societies have this 'form' of beliefs, which manifests it self in different ways. In a world of science, dependance on religion is declining because we are starting to find out more of the answers to lifes questions. Somehow I think that we will never have all the answers, and religion will still exist.