*Author's Note*
This piece explains the possibility of how religion itself may have started. I have no intention of offending anyone in any way. I simply want to state a clear, realistic, and possible alternate history. You may see religion a different way after reading this, but I still want you to believe the same way you did before you read this. Enjoy!
Religion, if you think about, could possibly be a placebo. A placebo is the way you see things with a certain thought in mind. I have no intention whatsoever to offend anybody. I’m not anti-religion. In ancient times, when people saw an unusual, maybe natural, phenomenon, they might’ve thought that there was a being above and that He caused these strange events. Upon experiencing these happenings, with the thought of a god mingled around in their head, they may have thought that He did these and they then wrote these things down in that religions form of a Bible. Ever since those events were recorded, people worshipped these gods and believed that they existed.
When somebody prays for something and it comes true, they believe that their god did it and possibly acquire more faith in Him. When somebody prays and it doesn’t come true, then they may lose a little faith in Him. There is a fine line between coincidence and fate. This occurrence could be either.
The greatest fear of anyone is to be alone. Maybe the thought that there was someone above watching over them comforted them. People who have been isolated look to their god for guidance and in this process, they discover the thought or idea themselves. Once the brain believes that it’s not alone on something, it can work more efficiently. For instance, if you are presenting something, you’re scared because you think that your every action is being watched and recorded. If you have someone presenting with you, the brain thinks that their every action is being recorded, too.
A question that still passes through the minds of many, even today: Did God create man, or did man create God? The simple presence of a known thing can comfort someone. In ancient times, man might have created a god to be able to talk to someone, when there was no one. If you were abandoned on a desert island as a child with basic education, and you didn't know about the outside world and did not know about any current religions, would you make up a god to comfort your sense of isolation?
