Nope. Evolved societal right and wrongs that is required for any society to exist. We developed those as a necessity to species survival.
Since our understanding of the universe was pretty primitive, we “invented” deities to describe or enforce such. I also believe much of the deification thru history was either a power play by folks as they developed organized religions or a god-in-the-gaps mentality. And back then, basically it was almost all “gaps”.
IMHO even emotions, such as love, compassion, etc are strictly evolutionary developments.
RadioAstronomer:Nope. Evolved societal right and wrongs that is required for any society to exist. We developed those as a necessity to species survival.
Since our understanding of the universe was pretty primitive, we “invented” deities to describe or enforce such. I also believe much of the deification thru history was either a power play by folks as they developed organized religions or a god-in-the-gaps mentality. And back then, basically it was almost all “gaps”.
IMHO even emotions, such as love, compassion, etc are strictly evolutionary developments.
Typical atheistic reasoning.
The point is that the Evolved societal right and wrongs differ in time and place. Right and wrong as used by most in the US are derived from Christian principles. Atheists deny that but true none the less.