• Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Mostly science, media, governments. We no longer need to talk about Gods to explain lightning or ask a priest instead of a doctor to help us with our cancer.

    Of course, in days past that scientific alternative did not exist and we also had few ways to inform people about any such alternatives. So religions offered an explanation and while not a solution at least done hope and were really available.

    We also have made huge laps in therapy and psychology so we no longer require a supposed higher being to pray to to manage our own fears and depressions.

    Of course, everyone handles this differently. For some, it’s a useful tool, even if it is core is Santa Claus for adults, in a way. But it’s not required any more. We found alternatives, and in most cases with actual explanations and actual effects.

    • dontbelasagne@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Santa Claus for adults is relevant when you consider that Saint Nicholas was a real person. There might have been a real person that inspired the bible, but to believe in the mythical version of them is like thinking Santa Claus is real because Saint Nicholas was real.