RS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Euhemerism
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The three ways greek philosophers dealt with religion: a. i. 1. Religion is based on fear to control people a. i. 2. a. ii. Religion is a form of self deceit a. i. 3. Gods were great kings who did great deeds and later on they became deified. In 18th century science broke out and people started looking at religion scientifically. They looked at god as a clock maker who wound up the universe and then left it alone: questions then arose: why should then we worship him. A clock does not worship a clock maker. During the enlightenment people started asking questions for the nature of religion and the truth. People got reports of the native religions and started and were puzzled by how these savages lived. Believed man was more than just intellect. They believed there was a grand unity in all of religion and nature. Evolution in religion: 1st age: man passed through theological age because everything was explained by.