Living as if God does not exist

LIVING AS IF GOD DOES NOT EXIST Since ancient times , alongside society 's development is the widespread proliferation of the religious consciousness of mankind . Although primitive small-scale societies had always been depicted as animists and polytheists , the concept of the High God is a common theme that has already been discovered . Studies of ancient societies have revealed in the belief of a Supreme Being , although this was also coupled with worship of lesser spiritual entities since the Supreme God seems distant and uninvolved in daily concerns of men

Compared with modern

men , people of the ancient past were mainly agricultural communities . They are basically more aware of their natural surroundings and the different forces which affect his sustenance and survival . Many of these forces are beyond his control and understanding Early man was therefore more inclined to acknowledge the existence of a Great Being who is responsible for the existence of the world and the one who is in complete control over all . Worship , whether to God or lesser spirits , has often been closely associated with receiving favour and positive results , or to ward off negative conditions like sickness

But current mode of attitudes and perspectives that pervade modern men has increasingly being held under the spell of beliefs that exclude God and the invisible world from the realm of reality and day to day living Such an approach to life however , is not entirely exclusive in modern times . This was already present in the distant past where there were...