Apologetics: Was Religion Made Up Just to Sugar-Coat the Fear of Death?

For the second post in this apologetic series, J.S. Park answers an all too common objection against religion: that it was simply created to avoid the fear of death.

A common objection against religion I’ve seen is that man created it simply to avoid the fear of death. I think fellow blogger J.S. Park answers this objection beautifully here:

J.S. Park: Hospital Chaplain, Skeptical Christian

gollywholly asked a question:

Have you ever read “The Worm at the Core” by Sheldon Solomon et al? It’s about death, and basically the theory is that everything we do and believe in is to mitigate our fear of death. It follows from that that religion, and our belief in Jesus, is just a way to mitigate our fear of death. And this is messing with my head big time. What do you think?

Hey dear friend, I’m sorry for my late reply. I’ve been on a break (due to a breakdown) but still checking my inbox, and I really love this question.

I actually studied this very phenomenon for my undergrad in Psychology, also known as “Terror management theory” or “Mortality Salience.” The basic idea is that death is inevitable, so we must give meaning to life. Therefore, religion and culture and identity are responses to death. We…

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