Science, Religion, Faith and Happiness
A friend and I were discussing religions (as I had been reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins), and he, like Richard, sees religion as nothing more than superstition formed by lack of knowing the real truth, which is science.
Throughout history, our religions have changed and adapted as our awareness and understandings also changed. We have gone from worshiping the sun and moon and seasons to worshiping beings that control the sun and moon and seasons. We have had pantheons that oversee almost every detail in our lives to singular omniscient deities that are seen as eternal parental figures.
Identity
Some thoughts on who we are…
