Why is it that every successful civilization has had some kind

>>2411110
>Is there something innate to spirituality and religion that helps keep civilization stable and helps people innovate?
Pacifies the masses and sets a goal to work toward. Also, tribalism.

>>2411136
Wrong. Like the myth "religion is to make one desire for the next world" that is a decidedly Christian phenomena. He roman state pagan cult, for example, one could expect a gray and dull afterlife unless you were a hero.

>AYO, THIS SKYMAN TOLD ME WE NEED TO DO X TO RECIEVE Y BLESSING
>ALSO, SACRIFICE A GOAT, PEACE

>>2411136
But religion is what unites tribes.

>>2411183
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>>2411136
All wrong.
>every successful civilization
you mean EVERY civilization, even the shitty unsuccessful ones

>>2411183
Just like Christianity untied with Paganism and Islam.

>>2411207
And judaism united the tribes of israel

religion is just the next step from tribal spirituality

>>2411200
I was going to put every civilization but I didn't feel like having to deal with nitpickers

>>2411110
Because before science, they had no way to explain various natural phenomena(thunder and lighting, tornadoes, rain, earthquakes etc.)

It's why some people these days still believe thunder is god clapping.

>>2411110
Up to now there hasn't been a civilization that didn't have some form of religious element in itself

>>2411110
Irreligiosity is a recent phenomena.