Not exact matches
It may have started out as a way to explain what people did not have the scientific knowledge to explain
at one
point in our
history, but then it was learned by some that
religion was useful
in controlling the masses and bending them to their will for good or ill.
The more I studied ancient cultures the more I came to understand that ALL
religions were born of men
at some
point in history.
It is interesting to note that
at this moment
in history, when people everywhere are called upon to understand the heritage of others, a perspective dominates
in the
history of
religions that demands investigation from a
point of view that takes seriously the uniqueness and particularity of each historical
religion.
The study of the
history of
religions appears to be
at a critical
point in its development.
Every population, ethnicity,
religion, etc has been subjugated
at some
point in history to continue this mass civilization human experiment... infact it is the only way achieve advanced society.