Whatever happened to GOD ?

Hello folks. Ever wondered what has god been through for all these years since he has created man?Well every thing needs a background. So let me create one. 50000 years ago when the first homo sapiens walked the earth and invented language and ways of cooking food and hunting, there was another concept budding inside this curious mind of the first "thoughtful" human. A concept which evolved out of his ever raging questions about his existence, about the existence of the food he eats, of the fire he lights and of the air he breaths. No matter how simple yet beyond his reach these questions were, his thoughtful brain devised relations between his questions and some arbitrary supernatural powers of this universe that intervened in the way the world functions. He articulated these relations in forms of tales in his nascent language to convince his tribesmen about the answers of his questions and to bring them under one faith. This was the first "GOD" and his tribesmen were the first followers of his "Religion"

Well as it is quite clear from the above text, the early religions were quite simple. These were merely manifestations of answers of mans questions about his surroundings. Every element, every emotion, every phenomenon had a GOD associated with it, so that he/she can be held accountable for. To give some examples we can peep back into history and see some cultures like Egyptians (Worshiped SUN "RAH" as it gave them rain and crops), Greeks (worshiped every element of nature along with human emotions), Hindus (Quite similar to Greeks apart from the fact that emotions and qualities were given forms ) Sumerians (also worshiped Sun) , Mayans and Incas which flourished and followed religions on these lines.

But there was something missing in these religions. Some thing so important that it avoided these religions to grow beyond the demographics of its natives. It avoided these religions to propagate. None of these religion were about propaganda. None of them imbibed a sense of superiority into its followers. Religion was all about being grateful about what you have.

But by the turn of 3 rd millennium BC there emerged a group of people of common faith believing on a single supernatural power behind every phenomenon happening in this universe. Now known as Judiasm, it was the first of the three Abrahmic religions the world has witnessed (Christanity and Islam being the rest). It had a two tier hierarchy with respect to levels of faith. The topmost object of faith was this single supernatural power which was an abstract GOD with no form or character. Yet it was a single answer for all the questions that one may have about the mechanics of universe. It was the second level of faith that mattered. This was a common man, who had emotions and a character and who happened to listen to GOD (which happens in all three abrahmic religions) preach about this particular religion. Generally what he listens is the way of life a follower should follow and the way a religion should be practiced . The major difference in these new and nascent religions was that it imbibed the charachter of the prophet. Propaganda was a major motive of the religion's preaching. Religion was not about being grateful anymore. It was more about uniting and organising people. It became more demographically independent so that more people over the world can join in. At a point the second level of faith contributed more to the policies of the religion than the first level there by giving GOD a humanly form in terms of ambitions, motives and expectations.

World changed as these religions grew. Religion became a weapon, an excuse, a single and sufficient reason behind taking lives.

The bottom line is religion has nothing to do with god. As it evolved, religion has taken humans away from god and not close. The pure sentiment of gratitude is now replaced with something that is larger than GOD. I am sure if we think deeper about the way religions have evolved, we will find GOD lost long back into history. Where is he now? Guess he has left us alone :)