I believe that God or a spiritual beliefe in a higher power comes from the fact that there is simply so much that we don't know and will never be able to prove. I think that the purpose of god/religion should be to supplement what we don't understand about the world. Sicence will never be able to prove/disprove the existance of the soul or the afterlife also physisests can track the formation of the universe all the way back to a few nanoseconds after the big bang, before that, all of the physical laws break down. I believe that god and faith exist to fill in these gaps I also believe that organized religion is just a generalized pile of shit. I think that the only true way to set up a perfect belief system is to pick and choose from many different philosophies and religious texts. I consider myself spiritual, but not religious
Holy shit you're hilarious. When the hell did I ever mention a god gene? I said instincts are genetic, I never said believing in God is. I don't, my father, mother, and all 4 grand parents do. I'm one of the first in my family not to be a practicing Roman Catholic, so how is it that the gene missed my brother and I if it's dominant? As I just said, and obviously you missed, believing in God is not hereditary, it's nurture. You're pressured into believing in a higher power, simply because you're uncertain of the workings of nature and the after life. I think the main reason people started believing in God is to explain earthly events and to answer the age old question; Where do I go when I die? Those are my thoughts, atleast.