Again, man's fear of death brought about death's association with religion and all of you know why! It cushions the blow, it makes deatheasier to accept, etc. While in some ways religion actaully rewards death, with talks and promises of an afterlife! Rewards? You know, judgment, rising of one's soul, maybe a trip heaven, etc. So dying might be all that bad! One still has a chance, etc. But [only] if you live by this deity's moral code. Am right so far? I know I am! Man created Gods, etc. Creating a God would explain all things that this naive humanity was ignorant of, or simply did not know! Gods were also used as a mechanism for mind control, etc. Humans were tortured, killed, and enslaved all in the name of some man created god! Yes, that's how it went back then and that's how it is today!