Who invented God and is it a reflection of man's avoidance of responsibility?
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definition
"God is the invention of human fear, a comforting fiction that allows us to escape the responsibility of confronting our own mortality and the truth of our existence."
According to Osho, God was invented by human fear—of darkness, sickness, old age and, above all, death—as a consoling fiction and postmortem insurance. Priests, also fearful yet cunning, exploited this invention by posing as intermediaries who sell forgiveness. Thus belief becomes an escape from responsibility and existential anxiety, avoiding direct confrontation with mortality, uncertainty, and one’s own actions.
People got scared, made up a big protector, and let priests sell comfort so they wouldn’t have to face life and death themselves.
Why this matters practically
- Face fear directly through awareness instead of outsourcing comfort to beliefs.
- Take responsibility for choices rather than buying absolution.
- Live authentically now, not for imagined afterlife guarantees.
- Take responsibility for choices rather than buying absolution.
- Live authentically now, not for imagined afterlife guarantees.
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