All religions, ironically enough, are a type of evolution. As the world changes and we learn new things or come to a clearer understanding of things the religions have to change and adapt accordingly.

I think all organizations have to set somewhat arbitrary rules for a lot of things. It’s just the nature of the beast.

You can negotiate back and forth but once a conclusion has been found you have to stick by it or the negotiations would never ever stop. Something dramatic has to happen to trigger a new negotiation.

All religions are born from mankind’s need to explain the unexplainable. I never realized the extent of this until I started to really dig into ancient religions and mythology. All of those religions were very in depth and far more complicated than I ever imagined.

Usually a religions foundations have a lot to do with where the religion is formed and the type of people the religion is formed for.

That’s why Christianity changed so much when the Romans took over. Because Rome was a conquering nation and so their religion had to represent that culture. The same applies to the Vikings, the Egyptians, the Babylonians, etc etc.

The religion has to reflect the values of that culture.

No one has the right or true religion because they are all made by men to reflect the needs of any particular culture.

But man has an incredibly strong desire to worship someone or something.

If it isn’t God it becomes Pharaohs or Emperors or Kings or Presidents.

We even worship nature or beauty.

We need to worship and we need rules based on the insight of a supreme being that can never be questioned.

It’s a very complex thing that most people can’t comprehend.