In “How to Study the Sacred” by Dr. Andrea Diem-Lane, she mentions that there are six different key theories on the origin of religion. The first theory that may explain where religion originated from is the Biological Theory; In this theory it is believed that religion developed as humans evolved. According to this theory when the human race first started out it is believed that we did not have the neurological notion of religion. But as time passed evolution and natural selection has chosen humans who have evolved to have deeper meaning in life by asking how and why questions and thus giving them a greater chance of survival and be able to procreate to pass on these neurological genes that help them process life this way. The second theory …show more content…
There is no way to prove this theory because God's existence is not able to be proven in our modern world so it's up to people on this theory to decide if they believe in it or not. On the other hand, The Anthropological theory goes into the explanation that religions began with a form of animism. “In all religions we find some aspect of animism--material forms taking on a life of their own as they imbued a spiritual power” and it also states that the spiritual power can also take a form in their dreams (21). These forms that religion took in the mind of humans were interpreted as very powerful religious meaning and created the first believers to pass on the word of the ‘Divine’. In the Psychological theory it stated that Sigmund Freud theorized that religion came from our “deep psychological roots of our unconscious mind” (22). The first form of religion that he claims first appeared is Totemism;in the beginning of this totemism young males would perform sacrifice rituals instead of killing their own father out of jealousy of wanting their mother as a