ecsdI don't care about religion, but I do recall having read that patriarchal religions displaced matriarchal ones [and that the matriarchal ones were not as oppressive.]
The notion of "an angry God", jesus. {laughs} I'm a being who can create an entire universe, but if Fred Smith doesn't "love me" I get furious and start punishing.
I decided religion was invented by authoritarian parents to reinforce their control, and the world suffered thereverafter. "Faith" = "the blind suspension of disbelief", after which the person buys bad bridges.
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