PugofCrydee
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Very valid points Blue. I believe you're in the right area with this.A theory just randomly popped into my mind today.
I have always wondered why did ancient people invent a place called "Heaven" that people went to after they died.
I know that many atheists believe "Heaven" was invented to control people - you be a good citizen and your reward "from God" is earning yourself a place in this truly amazing "Heaven" for all eternity.
If you don't be good - and do what you're told - you will instead end up in a really horrible place called "Hell".
But, you're not allowed to end your own life yourself, because if you "murder" yourself, you won't be allowed into "Heaven".
However, I was thinking about why is it still frowned upon, stigmatised and against the law to kill yourself, even today?
Why is a product that makes dying painless and quick for people (that already exists and Vets use for putting animals to sleep forever) not easily available for any human who wants to end their life?????
And I thought, there are soooo many humans throughout history that have had to live such horrible, torturous, and depressing lives - Slaves for example.
So, was a perfectly wonderful place like "Heaven" used as a way to make sure that Salves never killed themselves, so that there would always be hundreds of thousands of them available for the "upper classes" to use?
Was "Heaven" invented to stop humans who hate their life, from killing themselves?
So a Slave knew that if they dared to kill themselves, God would not allow them into "Heaven", and they would miss out on spending eternity in this incredibly pleasurable place.
Do religions still exist today because the wealthy people and the corporations/businesses they run, need many workers and consumers to continually provide profits for their lifestyles?
Do they fear that if suicide is suddenly considered OK, was easily and painlessly achievable, and it would no longer make millions of people fear they would miss out on going to "Heaven" and end up in "Hell" if they did it, then 3/4 of the world's population would choose to end their miserable lives, and the wealthy would no longer have enough workers and consumers?
I think first and foremost - as you say - its a form of control. In the end its about milking money and being in control for those at the top.
For everyone else in their system it seems the feeling of a god judging those who do wrong ultimately gives THEM a sense of power against everyone else, no matter how small and insignificant someone feels.
"I'm good, my god will love me. But you're going to hell!..."
Also, there is the personal inward security blanket feeling that believing in a heaven gives. This is where I believe religions where born. Out of fear of the night when we lived in caves, when WE were the prey. When life expectancy was very short and life and death not understood at all. It was simply a coping mechanism.
And people still use it to cope today because many feel a sense of hoplesness in their lives. These people I have no problem with. Go practice your religion peacefully.
Its the ones who abuse those people with the god story that I have a problem with. get them to donate money, then those pastors live in freaking mansions.
