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No, humans continually develop moral behaviour and codify it in religion (for transmission and social maintenance). Gods and deities aren't strictly necessary.
by oska 4y ago
No, humans continually develop moral behaviour and codify it in religion (for transmission and social maintenance). Gods and deities aren't strictly necessary. Buddhism started without such but it is interesting that the conceptualisations of Buddhas & Boddhisattvas have become more and more like the gods & deities of other religions (at least in the popular religious traditions of Buddhism).
- vkazanov 4y agoWell, I agree with you in that humans inevitable develop moral rules and codify these one way or another. Otherwise a society wouldn't be possible. Religions are one of the traditional ways of motivating these rules... Legal systems are supporting them on an enforcement level. I like religions as a very deep cultural phenomena/ideology having all kinds of effects on the, ehm, society. I just don't think religions are strictly necessary for a functioning society.