The question is, if God was made up, why has the concept persisted over thousands of years?
This is an interesting question.
But I think before we attempt to answer that question perhaps we should add a number of things that presumably have been believed for thousand of years.
How long has the concept of multiple Gods existed.
How long has the concept of ghosts been around for?
How long have humans believed in the notion of good and bad luck?
How long have humans believed in sorcery and whitch craft.
How long have humans believed in superstitions.
Moreover religion is but one of the make believe concepts that has been part of humanity for as long as we can tell.
It would be interesting to research as to how long humans have been believing in made up stuff.
But clearly as you point out it is puzzling why humans have persisted to believe in strange things with no proof whatsoever.
I dont read fiction and I cant see the point. I dont understand the fascination to happily read a lie and ingulge a made up reality.
I will watch a fiction movie but much prefer something that deals with reality.
Yet most humans love fiction and have done so for thousands of years.
It is so strange, stranger still because few think of it as strange.
There are many humans, collectively called atheists, who react more like the rest of the animals, perceiving only that which can be inputted through the five senses.
I am with the animals.
So you alude to six sences or five in any event what are they.
The bible is written in symbolism, while most atheists tend to interpret symbolism in a literal way.
You think I dont understand symbolism ?
I do and I say there is no need for it.
Well the need is to be wishy washy and avoid specifics so you dont have to be strickly factual.
Lets write a science paper using symbolism, lets present the laws of the land using symbolism lets write our mortgages and land deeds in symbolism... No and why not?
You must know why not.
Forget symbolism it is not mystical it is a nonsence way to present any idea or concept.
The divide appears to break down relative to which side of the brain is more dominate to the conscious mind. The left brain is historically more differential and logical, while the right brain is more integral and intuitive. The left brain uses signs; literal language, while the right brain uses symbols which have spatial character. Religious people tend to be more conscious of right brain data processing, which is closer in hierarchy to the core regions of the brain; instincts and firmware. The atheist is more left brained, which is newer in evolution, but more distant from the core regions. They are less conscious of firmware output and are unconscious of its projections.
Even if your statement is valid it does not explain why things are made up.
Even though they can't reason God away, they sense conviction that this is correct.
Absolute rubbish, a fabricated unrealistic projection with no basis in fact whatsoever and frankly poor form.
In this sense, they orientations are both parts of the whole, but like stereo-isomers, they can't overlap in space and time. What would need to happen is consciousness would need to move into the corpus callosum, which integrates the two sides of the brain.
I dont understand what you are talking about so perhaps you may care to present something that makes sence... to me.
I really find nothing compelling in anything you have said but that may just be me.
Now doubt others may understand what you are talking about and engage your arguement.. Unfortunately most of what you say I simply do not understand.
Alex