In my head this is how I look at things:
STEP 1: Humans began thinking.
STEP 2: We created rules and taught them these rules.
Example: Don't go on that rock over there because a mountain lion lives over there.
STEP 3: We then started coming up with explanations to life's mysteries.
Examples: Greek and roman mythology. "Mother Nature" etc.
STEP 4: We then started asking these explanations (gods) for help.
Example: tomorrow I am going to go on the rock where I know a mountain lion lives by. Mother Nature please help make it home safely.
STEP 5: We then created a structure to these gods by creating documentation for them.
Over time certain religions died and others created. Man realized the power of religion and began using it as a tool to control their populations.
STEP 6: We then started to create a political structure which was usually loosely based around the particular religion of the population.
STEP 7: The political structure began to evolve into its own entity.
Today religion is slipping further and further through the cracks, and the political structure is what we live by.
I understand that these are strictly beliefs and not in anyway are they fact so please do not judge this question based off of what was stated above.
Just tell me if you think that the structure of democracy could be looked at as a modernized version of religion.
I completely understand that they are technically two different structures, but their roots I believe came from the same place.
Let me state because I can see that I am being called a christian already.
I am not christian.
I think the reason you are seeing me as christian is because Democracy was created from Christians.
STEP 1: Humans began thinking.
STEP 2: We created rules and taught them these rules.
Example: Don't go on that rock over there because a mountain lion lives over there.
STEP 3: We then started coming up with explanations to life's mysteries.
Examples: Greek and roman mythology. "Mother Nature" etc.
STEP 4: We then started asking these explanations (gods) for help.
Example: tomorrow I am going to go on the rock where I know a mountain lion lives by. Mother Nature please help make it home safely.
STEP 5: We then created a structure to these gods by creating documentation for them.
Over time certain religions died and others created. Man realized the power of religion and began using it as a tool to control their populations.
STEP 6: We then started to create a political structure which was usually loosely based around the particular religion of the population.
STEP 7: The political structure began to evolve into its own entity.
Today religion is slipping further and further through the cracks, and the political structure is what we live by.
I understand that these are strictly beliefs and not in anyway are they fact so please do not judge this question based off of what was stated above.
Just tell me if you think that the structure of democracy could be looked at as a modernized version of religion.
I completely understand that they are technically two different structures, but their roots I believe came from the same place.
Let me state because I can see that I am being called a christian already.
I am not christian.
I think the reason you are seeing me as christian is because Democracy was created from Christians.