My intuition tells me that nature has a much higher order than what we are able to perceive through the current paradigms. Many strong logicians have identified with a religion as well e.g. Carl Jung and Einstein. I feel convinced the two can co-exist.
When we talk of religion is to control the masses and a sense of security, I believe this is a self-fulfilling theory. Humans have always consisted of a majority of pragmatic beings i.e. the mass, whose job was to "do the job" with little to no questions asked. In other words, natural subjects to religious narratives be it Christianity, cultural norms, capitalism or bureaucracy. They will do what is necessary to be accepted as part of the large group i.e. large scale group thinking, which creates the sense of security.
On the other hand, there is a much smaller group of people who questions everything - especially boundaries set by logically abstract rules i.e. Christianity, cultural norms, capitalism or bureaucracy. So naturally, if one belongs to this part of the human population, one will not see the proof of a God.
Personally, I do not believe in a manifestation of a God. And I have no clue of what will happen once we die. Nevertheless, I have a strong sense of an order set by nature. Something is causing this order and making sure everything is in balance e.g. a mass must follow while few set the direction.
Balance is everything and in everything. It's ying and yang.
This force - whatever it might be - it the origin of the God image. Religion is the misuse of it.
Humans have always consisted of a majority of pragmatic beings i.e. the mass, whose job was to "do the job" with little to no questions asked.
I did a long team-dynamics course learning about how people actually function in groups - this was followed by a small project where we were deliberately split into small teams - and everything we had been taught proved to be amazingly accurate. Some people are self-motivated, others need prodding to function, others need a lot of prodding. There's a surprisingly high ratio of droids that will only do one task and then go into standby until they are given another task. This compares with only a few self-starters. There's a group in the middle that will follow the self-starters but need direction.
Humans have always consisted of a majority of pragmatic beings i.e. the mass, whose job was to "do the job" with little to no questions asked.
I did a long team-dynamics course learning about how people actually function in groups - this was followed by a small project where we were deliberately split into small teams - and everything we had been taught proved to be amazingly accurate. Some people are self-motivated, others need prodding to function, others need a lot of prodding. There's a surprisingly high ratio of droids that will only do one task and then go into standby until they are given another task. This compares with only a few self-starters. There's a group in the middle that will follow the self-starters but need direction.
