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Originally Posted by Rushinankil
Religion has sprung up in every corner of the world in the middle east we have the Abrahamic religions. In Europe we had pagan and Nordic religions, now taken over by Christianity. In the Americas there were the many religions of the original inhabitants. The aborigines of Australia believe their beliefs and the peoples of India believe theirs.
Many religions have been created and destroyed, no one (Or any significant amount of people) still believe in Roman, Aztec, Greek or Mayan Gods anymore. Now even though the sheer number of religions in the world is probably a good argument against any one religion, I want this discussion to be based on the psychology of religion.
Why has religion been so successful in anchoring itself so deeply into our mindset?
It seems no coincidence that every continent/country has developed its own religion at some point or another. Why has this been? What evolutionary pressures has there been for the creation of religion?
You are wrong. Religion is just a label give to system of beliefs that a group of people hold.
People think. People talk to other people. People share ideas back and forth. Some ideas become commenly shared betweened a group of people.
Now you have a group of people holding simliar ideas/belifs... presto name it something and call it a religion.
So bascially you are asking why to people think, have ideas and share them with others and form mutual ideas and lable them..
What could be more natural.