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RE: How was God first discovered?
Whoever wrote the Bible already believed in God. And yes, the Bible can help non-believers discover God. But my question is: how was God first discovered before there was a Bible or even anyone else who knew?
My best idea (admitting that this is not something I can ever know for sure) is that humans have an innate drive to understand experienced events (such as lighting/thunder, birth/death, etc) as well as connect with things outside themselves such as other people, nature, etc. When survival isn't threatened people have time to potentially focus on connecting with the rest the universe. We are after all a part of the same energy system in which things are merely transformed, not created or destroyed.
There is a school of thought that our brains have an interpretor module
that is solely there to create a best idea on experiences, even if they are completely wrong (i.e. flat earth theory. ) People seem to feel more comfortable simply by having some idea to run on versus an absolute feeling of powerlessness.