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I feel like religion didn't just start existing out of nowhere, but always was gradually building up when we started to exist. Back then, the earliest people did not have science or technology to help them understand the world around them. Why are there thunderstorms? Why does the sun set? Why is there a season that has only ice? We like to have answers, and if we do not have the appropriate background to answer them, we have to fill in the gaps. Maybe that's why there are so many Gods and Goddesses people believed in, to answer each and every question that may occur.
Now, we know many things that those before us didn't. We know we're not the center of the universe, that there is more than us out there, and that there is a good chance that other planets out in the vastness of the universe that are capable of supporting life. Perhaps many religious people who were alive 500 years ago, if they were alive today, would be Atheists if they had such knowledge.
Question: Now, since we can use science and technology to answer questions, is it still in our nature to believe in God? If not, was it ever?
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