religion - 1 - security blanket

The logical procession is now to discuss what man gains from the existence of a god. I shall list down all I can think of. I shall request all who read this, if there are any at all to list more. This is a case where more is welcome.

Let me start with the easiest.

The belief in god came started with the Neanderthal man. One day Neander here is looking up at the sky. He generally does not look up at the sky because he is always looking for his next meal. When he looks up at the sky, he sees the sun. He is awestruck. It beats his comprehension as to how the great ball of fire got up in the sky (he knows it is a ball of fire because he uses fire for warmth in the night).

Neander talks to his fellow Neanderthal, Derthal. Neander and Derthal come to believe that this must be something supernatural. They think that it must be a god.

This could be the instance of the first god. It is well known that the first religion was paganism. Paganism is the religion that believes in gods, which are all present in nature. It worships the nature as the god. It is simple to see where this came from. Man did not understand nature. However, his livelihood depended on that nature. The rains, the thunder, the fire, the sun, the water, the trees, the animals in the trees, each of these played a key role in his life. He did not understand how they worked. He made them gods.

One of the best examples of a pagan religion is Hinduism. Other than the trinity of super-powerful gods – Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, all the other gods are based on some aspect of nature. Agni – the fire god, Varuna – the water god, Vayu – the wind god; the list is endless.

Even if one looks at the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, they perform the three key roles one knows. Brahma is the creator, the one who makes everything. Vishnu is the protector, the one who ensures everything created is all right. Shiva is the destroyer, the one who ends whatever began. Thus far, every god is logically in place.

Man created the first religion based on the nature he saw around him. This made sense because most of the things that had the potential to harm him, the things that he benefitted from, he made a god. By doing so, he ensured that there was a logical explanation for these. I say logical because logically, there need not be a logical explanation for the presence of god.

The first god was a security blanket, designed to protect man against the vagaries of nature. This is reason one; Security Blanket.