No atheist today can ever argue about the fact that gods were used to explain everything and that they dominated great minds of the past. The ancient civilizations used gods to represent all things in nature and to explain what they didn't know. I believe atheism is growing today because of constant advancements in the fields of science are basically explaining everything and that is basically where religion and of course science come and butt heads. Scientific proof and the questioning of the existence of God is what brought my brother to atheism. Why does God still exist? Why hasn't religion completely caved into modernization and science?
Based on my observations, people still want to believe in different deities like Buddha, God, Allah, Amaterasu and Shiva because where science can't prove some things, religion is still used. Science can never always explain everything, and people don't always want to believe in science, unless of course you happen to follow the faith of Scientology. Religion exists today because religion has by now been drilled into our basic instincts. Religion and God still exist today because most families are raised under religious guidelines. Our own laws are made up of religion because most religions like Christianity are the basic fodder for these laws. This is why we have laws prohibiting sex with animals, stealing spouses, having sex with children and other family members. Before religions like Christianity, those acts were all socially accepted and they are expressed in Greek myths. Religion will continue to exist because humans will not be able to live their lives without it. Religion has always been carried on from generation to generation.
Religion continues to exist because people will continue to be devout in the religious way of life and thinking. People just basically need God because religion is a spiritual guidance that is needed. It is human instinct to believe in something more to the story of life.
Until tomorrow,
Yours Truly
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