On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 04:44:32 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 6:58:03 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:51:03 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>
>> >On 2018-07-13 3:37 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> >> On Friday, July 13, 2018 at 9:18:07 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Our ability to see patterns is a gift from evolution. The ones who
>> >>> couldn't see patterns (everything from the turn of the seasons to
>> >>> the tiger in the brush) died early.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cindy Hamilton
>> >>
>> >> As we all know, DNA has an important relationship to evolution. Without DNA, most life on this planet would be low-order plant life - if even that.
>> >>
>> >> The ability to ponder our place in the universe is not really important for the survival of a species. The vast majority of life on Earth give no thought to their mortality or to their future. Most animals have not considered religion nor have they rejected it. It is something not conceivable to them. Religion is the providence known only to man. Bitching about religion is like complaining that we're human.
>> >>
>> >> People think that religion is the cause of all our problems
>> >
>> >It is certainly the cause of a very, very large number of problems!
>> >
>> > but if you want something truly terrifying, consider a Godless
>> >universe. I wonder if you can...
>> >>
>> >Yes, I have! Since entering my teens! It's comforting!
>>
>> religion was the organization of and impetus for our advancement as a
>> species,
>
>You're not wrong. Religion is a way for people to exercise power over other
>people.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Look at it the other way, people look for a leader. from my limited
knowledge it seems that in earliest times the chosen one always had
some sort of mysticism surrounding him. Whatever. The leader was the
organization for learning how to make tools and weapons and then
expanding knowledge into other things.