why is religion still around

[Jonathan Jenkins]

historically speaking religion was made to explain stuff inexplicable at the time if we are on the coarse to explain almost everything in our natural world why is religion still around

[Vancea L. Domide]

Religions were not made to explain.

Religions were made to control and and subdue people by religious leaders.

As long as some people want to be live driven by religious leaders, religion will not disappear.

[Alex Patterson]

Yes, the hierarchy of most church's is structured to dominate its congregations; however, people do not join a religeous order to achieve a position of power. We are faith, humanity as a whole has always strived for something to have faith in. Most of the world chooses an "All powerful diety" but there are those that choose to have faith in science. Scientists and mathmaticians, based their entire world and life upon a few mathmatical "Truths." Science was their religeon, science was the core of their faith. We will always have religeon, because we will always need something to believe in. We will always hope that there can be a greater truth or an universal answer. Some will choose Douglas Adam's answer, they will choose "42". most of the people that choose "42" do not even know the question, but they know the answer. We will have religeon, we will have God until the last human dies.

[Mark Smyth]

I would disagree with you there I certainty agree they HAVE been used to control people but that was never the original intention. If you look at most religions (at a least the more mainstream ones). They tend to preach peace,love and respect. They were never intended to control people but have been used by the power hungry to assert a degree of control.

[Vertigo_One [Ops Mod]]

If religion is a response to God, then since God is still around, ergo there is religion.

However, even secular people often point out, religion isn't a response to the natural world, but rather to underlying questions of meaning that exist within us all.

[Julia Chapman]

I don't often agree with you, but I do here. It's like saying why is there still art because it is no longer used for communication. The question does not see the big picture.

[CD]

well, art still is used for communication

and as they say, communication is an artform

?

[Adam]

@ Vertigo One

"If religion is a response to God, then since God is still around, ergo there is religion."

 

I must be missing the part where God came down, told us he was God, and then waited for a response...  you must also know a way to prove that, assuming the other part did happen, that "God is still around"

 

not to sound like a God hater, I'm roman catholic, I just don't like it when people decide to ignore logic entirely and make up statements 

[Vertigo_One [Ops Mod]]

I must be missing the part where God came down, told us he was God, and then waited for a response...  you must also know a way to prove that, assuming the other part did happen, that "God is still around"

 

From a Christian perspective, there's one word. "Jesus". 

[Adam]

ahh... that a huge downer for the Jewish perspective then, because they were around before Jesus, and Jesus still doesn't explain your conclusion that "God is still around"

[Vertigo_One [Ops Mod]]

I would argue that since one of the big deal's about Jesus was that he fulfilled OT prophecies, that would prove God was around before. And since he appeared to Paul after he ascended (and has to others since), I would say he continues to be around.

[Adam]

People see aliens all the time to, but does that mean they are secretly living with us here on earth? the point is you can't take random individuals saying they saw God as fact

[Vertigo_One [Ops Mod]]

No, but very few people have seen aliens, and in those instances for only minutes at a time. In the instance of Jesus, we are talking of several thousand people for a period of several years. The two are not really comparable.