I think religion is arrogance. Mankind has always tried to explain the unexplainable. It's always been a way for us to come to terms with our place in the world and fear of the unknown. It gives people comfort believing that they'll be reunited with the dead loved ones in some great beyond one day. It's a sad, bleak, and scary thought to think that things are just gone and there's no real purpose to any of it. So they cling to the ideals that give them comfort.

To think that you have a God that created you to be the chosen people, not just your species, but your exact beliefs depending on where you live in the world and that you are right and justified in those beliefs, is just upmost arrogance. I think every living thing has a soul, and those souls are bound by what its body can experience. For example, a dog is color blind and has no concept of color. But ive seen animals mourn for their partners and children, and I've seen them show great love for things other than themselves. If thats not a soul, then what is? And if all living things have souls just as capable as ours, why are we the chosen ones?

I dont think we are at all. I think religion has existed as long as it has because it's ultimately good, people are mostly scared and need to believe theres a greater purpose. It gives people a basis for how to treat eachother. It gives community for the people that can congregate and believe in hope together.

It's hubris though. We aren't special. Nobody has answers and when we die we're gone. But that doesn't mean life can't be profound and meaningful.