God-Matthew Winkler13

Most religions oral and written have a deity that created the world and the people on it. Some tell of other creatures or beings that used to exist and failed and that is why man is here now. Others say that man sinned and was banished from the garden of eden. Why do they all say that they were created? Why can man not have been around since the beginning of time and had alway been around? Maybe man needs to believe that they are not the highest power. Maybe man needs to believe that it was placed on this planet for a purpose. Each religion has its own purpose for man and what he or she must do. Primal man uses deities to explain why the world is the way it is and why man is around. Having deities explains why man can have a bad harvest or a really plentiful. Could ancient man really handle the fate of them having a good food supply be due to chance? i don't think so. If there was a higher power that determined whether man had a good harvest or not then we could appease them and flatter them to get what we wanted. To honor and make sacrifices and to share what we have with a power greater then us gave man a chance to reap greater rewards. The more you gave to a god the more you should get back. and if there ever was a bad or poor harvest you could probably find an individual that did not do their part so the blame could be placed on him. The harvest deity might had been unimpressed with the actions of one man and thus make the tribe suffer. It would not seem possible that air currents and weather patterns determined whether or not we got the weather required to yield a good harvest. They did realize that rain was needed for their crops but also that too much rain could do just as much damage as no rain.
In Narnia god is represented by a lion named Alsan. He teaches lessons to the people and shows that times may be bad but if you hold true to what you believe then things will work out in the end. Also that there is always a plan and that suffering might have to happen in order for there to have progress. There are temptations from darkness but there is always a catch or some fine print to the deal. Aslan does not work in this fashion and does not lie and lets his subjects know what to do when the time is right. He gives guidence to people but does not directly tell them what to do. The choice is still theirs to make.
I mention this because it shows how in religion their is good and their is evil. both can seem appealing but only one is the write way to go in that scenario. I just find it interesting with all we have learned in class how religions have a similar pattern to them and that worship is required for both oral and literate people.