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i know a family of missionaries.
they work in costa rica and often find tribes/indigenous who have had little to zero contact with the outside world.
what i find fascinating is that when an unconnected tribe is found... one of the few things they share in common with other humans is a deity/ies . they usually have a concept of family/communitay and a 'religion'. its a basic human quality to them. they eat, they have family, they have god/gods.
my question to those like rob, is: because its so natural for us to believe in a supernatural creator, doesn't it make sense that one would exist?
of things/traditions that have lasted throughout centuries without losing too much popularity, religion is one of them. and it has remained largely unchanged. things that constantly change are our own human "scientific" ideas about the universe and how it started, and medical knowledge/communications/transportations.
aside from the biological needs, humans need community/family/relationships and a "god". those are the most common traits.
you say that it is unnatural for a man to deprive his self a basic human desire like sex, and i say the same for religion/spirituality. it makes sense to people who only know how to make sense of very few concepts. granted, a lot of them do it wrong [witch doctors, etc], but they do other basic things wrong as well [hygiene].
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