Why do we humans need a higher power/gods? why cant we believe that we are our own gods?

The question of why many humans seem to need to believe in gods is complex, but previous answerers have covered most of the bases. Gods serve a variety of emotional needs for people, including authority figure, a justifier of one's morals, and an emotional crutch in difficult times. It might be good if we could believe that we were our own gods, so long as we don't get all egotistical and narcissistic about it. The whole "captain of your own ship" thing can be very self-empowering. I think this self-empowerment could even overcome the reluctance some people have to take personal responsibility for all their decisions. Nietzsche described the "ubermench" or "superman" in his writings, as a person who has managed to overcome all the artificial limits placed upon him by society, culture, & religion. The ubermench has no need of gods because he is his own god. Not in the petty, egotistical Old Testament way or the sappy New Testament way but rather in the sense that he is a creator of his destiny, cultivator of his abilities, and harvester of his possibilities. There is a modern-day philosophical movement called Extropianism which closely parallels this. Extropianism seeks to maximize human potential and speed human development & evolution partly through technological means and partly through overcoming the artificial limits placed upon us by others. The extropic equivalent of the ubermench is the posthuman, a greatly evolved being as far beyond homo sapiens as humans are above babboons. The transitional state is called transhumanism. We humans have an incredible amount of potential, if only we could muster the will and intelligence to use it. Godhood just may be in our future.

If mankind had no god's then we would be responsible for our own choices and our own lives. Having a god around to appease or blame is a handy way out of that. Plus with the spiritual realm giving all of us a peak or two at it in our lives it would be too frightening to believe no one is in control.

People have always been afraid of taking responsibility for their own lives. Notice how people gravitate towards decision makers? You tell someone they;re the captain of their own ship, and they're responsible for every single decision they make, even that of letting someone else drive, well, a lot of people aren't comfortable with responsibility. There's also that whole "Death" thing that has people wanting a purpose in life, even if it means letting someone else tell them what to do. Think I'm off base? How many relationships have you seen that had a dominant partner? Ever hung out with the S&M crowd? There's maybe one "Dom" for every thirty submissives/slaves. How many people do you see blaming their probelms on external sources instead of saying "I chose this, now I need to make the most of it." We ARE our own gods, and acknowledging that freedom and that ability to manifest is absolutely worth it. People think they ARE going to screw up, and how will they know what is right? We, of course, already HAVE the knowledge. Someone indoctrinated into a religion is by its own doctrines doing something VERY bad when they question it. In short: Fear.

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i think we doubt ourselves and need someone to reference to. mayeb we are unsure of ourselves.

God must be greater than the greatest of human weaknesses, and indeed of human skill. God must even transcend of most remarkable to emulate nature in its absolute splendir. How can any man or women sin agianst such a greatness of mind? How could anyone little carbon unit, on earth, in the backwaters...the boomdocks of indeed the milkway...betray God, the almighty? That is impossible, the height of arrogance is the height of control of those who poytray God in their own vision There is no superfucial God sitting on a cloud judging your everymove...WE ARE ALL GODS.

humans are taught to be small, and from childhood, the society, schools and teachers want to impose their authority on us to make the society work as it is working now, however sick. the fact is that we indeed are gods, but that will spell trouble for parents and the authorities. imagine if your child does not listen to you? your ego will be hurt and you will try your best to mold him back to a dummy. people then become lonely and sick and start to believe in other **** like god's supernatural powers to feel better, hope for a better future in heaven as promised by hollow religions of the ignorant. god's stories should be like fairy tales for school kids who are smarter and know where to draw the line

Um, because it has worked for millennia? That's like asking "why do we need rules or laws?" Or why do we need truth? Where does it come from? Unless you think laws and truth can be whatever you want them to be, there is no greater truth than God's truth. Unless you think the greatest experiment in the history of the human race, called America, founded on Christian principles, is a failure because of a few greedy and self-deceived men, what would you have based it on? Where else do you find purpose and meaning? It doesn't have to be about fault and condemnation and control, but rather being the best you can be. How do you define that otherwise? This is the good news, not something you have to dread. It very simply works better than anything else man can come up with. Man always screws everything up. But if you simply follow your spirit, it's pretty difficult to step into the typical minefield you live in.

why dont you ask don! lol you dont hes just a character that people blame there problems on