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firefall · 61-69, M
[quote] most if not all religions copy each other when it come to scriptures and religious figures[/quote]
um, bullshit, unless you limit your definition of 'religions' to those emanating from the Middle-east. Show me where Buddhism or Shinto copied from Christianity, for instance.
As to why there are so many, well, everywhere humans lived, someone discovered that they could use this as a way to power and control for themselves, and made up some slick-sounding bullshit for that purpose.
um, bullshit, unless you limit your definition of 'religions' to those emanating from the Middle-east. Show me where Buddhism or Shinto copied from Christianity, for instance.
As to why there are so many, well, everywhere humans lived, someone discovered that they could use this as a way to power and control for themselves, and made up some slick-sounding bullshit for that purpose.