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There are so many religions and even more idea... <br /> <br />There are so many religions and even more ideas about the divine and its influence on our universe. Ideas about God have evolved along with human evolution, but one thing has always remained the same: the belief in divine or supernatural power. This divine has changed over human history along with development of science. We started with spirits of ancient hunter-gatherers, which evolved into matriarchal gods of Shummers and Mayas, to Greek gods, to Jehovah, Jesus, Allah or Buddah. These Gods all possessed human-like qualities such as love, hatred, compassion, courage etc., so they were anthropomorphic. <br />Later, as individuation developed, the metaphysical God appeared. The God is not necessarily anthropomorphic but still powerful, and definitely the creator of the universe. Shortly after, we see how metaphysical God evolved into cosmic god-certainly not anthropomorphic and not self-conscious, merely a cosmic force that caused the emergence of the universe. All these gods are different from each other, and reflect the time when the idea about them developed. What made people question god and seek new answers? My answer is: the combination of human evolution and scientific advancements. With each scientific breakthrough, the man’s knowledge about this universe grew exponentially and the ideas about god had to be adjusted to accommodate for the new knowledge, so that god made sense to the men of each time period. Development of science has never stopped, and along with science, theology will keep evolving, trying to accommodate for newer and newer knowledge. Why? Because humans need to believe in something bigger and more powerful than themselves. Be it a miracle-performing Jesus or the cosmic force that split into four basic forces during the big bang. People need to believe there is a reason why they exist and a purpose to their life. It doesn’t matter how many times science suggests or proves against the possibility of heaven or hell or the theory of god creating and controlling the universe, or miracles, men will always find a way to believe in divine. Ludwig Feurebach says men created the notion of god by exaggerating all the good qualities of man and attributing them to God. Then this perfect god had to be modified to accommodate for the evil in the world, or anything that questions him. <br />Accomodationism is in people. It can change their views about divine from anthropomorphic God that has self-consciousness to God being a force that doesn’t have consciousness and is a physical force.<br />In reality, people are rational, but they also want to believe in something, because as many say, religion and faith are very human qualities. So every time science beats up pieces that form faith in God, people find a new God by modifying the old one. They are ready to change the characteristics of God as long as there is some kind of God to believe in. Science develops rapidly, and there are always people who would use science to disprove the existence of God, but in order for this to be possible first we have to define God and its characteristics. Since the notion of God is created by humans, it can really be anything. With these said, it doesn’t matter how many notions of God science disproves, there will always be notions of God that will accommodate to the new breakthroughs. It works like this: science says the earth is not the center of universe, your God lied, so he doesn’t exist. Then the believers would say: alright, that kind of God doesn’t exist, how about this kind of God? This is in the base of accomodationism. Atheists will always target the god that is most vulnerable and easy to attack, and God’s defenders will always come up with a different God, and believe in that God. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906152383894160129noreply@blogger.com