Mystery Thor
Do gods fill in the blanks of nature’s mysteries?
Thor made thunder, until we figured out how nature actually does that. From that moment on Thor was moved from Religion to Mythology.
Has this always been the case with gods, and will it continue to be so? When we figure out how the universe and human kind actually came to existence, what sort of gods would we still need?
You make an excellent point. Since pre-history, man has always attributed anything he can’t understand to “gods” and supernatural powers. We’ve learned that gravity, not the sun god Helios, makes the sun appear to move across the sky. And we recongize that it is the earth and not the sun that moves, a truth for which the Church persecuted Galileo and murdered many others. We know that insane actions are caused by brain injury or mental illnes, not demon possession (although most fundamentlists still believe in that).
Religious people have always disbelieved in science and even persecuted and murdered those who practice it. They have always fought against scientific knowledge, just as they are doing today with evolution, because it challenges their power and authority.
As knowledge has grown, religion has become less necessary to explain the unexplained. There will always be belief in gods, or God, but I believe that religion will become less and less important as time goes on and things that are still mysteries become explained.
Thor issue 83 (journey into mystery)
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