Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[Flilix]

Baldeagle8 said:

Flilix said:

Rejection of religion was not a cause of these regimes, but rather a consequence. Because they were so totalitarian, there was simply no place for a God anymore. The people were supposed to worship the great leader, and no one else. The dictator basically replaced God. That's why these regimes tend to be so similar to ultra-religious societies: both are based on blindly following an authority, and limiting the freedom of thought of the people (directly or indirectly).

But isn't that what humans tend to do anyways? You see it now in American politics. You have a good amount of people on the right "worship" Trump, and on the left worship government. It seems to be a human trait to worship an ideal, in whatever form that may be. 

Indeed, humans tend to follow authorities quite easily, especially in bad times. That's why the far left and the far right have become so popular in recent years: they're usually a lot more populistic and authoritarian. The same thing happened in Europe in the 1930's (but in a more extreme way, of course).

The best thing we can do is try to think for ourselves, as rationally as possible, and never just blindly believe what others tell us.