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Gods, Saints and Genes
Every culture since time millennium has believed in some form of supernatural force or forces. Some worshipped the elements, such as the sun, wind, and rain, while others have worshipped various deities from cats to a grandfather figure in the heavens. Today, there are literally countless religions and religious sects, each believing they revere the only true god.
But how is this possible? How can they all be right? Or are they all wrong? Maybe there is no supernatural force. But why then does every culture develop some sort of religion. There are certainly good arguments for the idea that religion is political yet, that can't be the true answer, for there are other ways of controlling the masses.
Still everyone prays to someone or something when faced with life threatening situations or severe disillusionment.
How can humans possibly...
To know God is to know infinity. Humans are merely creating myths because it is impossible for them to comprehend the truth.
There are miracles, those unexplained outcomes that defy reason. Stories abound, such as a child who miraculously survives days in freezing temperatures, or passengers walking away from a firey crash without a scratch, or someone waking from a coma when all hope was lost, the media is filled with such stories everyday. Miracles happen to people in every culture and of every religion and belief. No one has the market on miracles. They even happen to non-believers and even to those thought of…
Work Cited
Schrof, Joannie. "Can Prayers Heal." U.S. News & World Report; 11/8/1999; Pp.
Broadway, Bill. "The God Gene Made for faith." The Washington Post.
November 27, 2004; Pp.
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