Probably, once the nomadic hunter-gatherers settled down to agro lifestyle, humans found enough time to THINK beyond their carnal desires. AGROMAN, now away from the wild, needed to do something out of the woods (box). He needed to do something different and NOT just work for food, eat or sleep.
Man, highly limited by information but intensely focused at this transitional stage, started thinking. Gradually, the thinking breached the barriers of physics and ushered him into metaphysical world, where he was introduced to personal EGO and IDENTITY. Agriculture demanded the people remained together strictly bound by a common code of conduct with clearly defined and delegated scope of work. The thinking types acknowledged the fact for their own survival and salvation.
Equipped with little or no information, metaphysical world was as scary as the uncertain physical world for the travellers. The petrified voyagers on the metaphysical road, desperately looking for help, visualised an invisible man on whose back they were to piggy ride through the rest of their journey.
This omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent but not to be seen figure was served to the ignorant subjects of the physical world. Theirs was just to have fear and faith in it. Fear, because it was watching them all the time and ready to punish them at the slightest infringement. Faith, because it was there to reward them for the deeds as inscribed for them by THEM.
The metaphysical, spiritual, mystic thinkers soon overpowered the agricultural type ignorant AAM ADAMI. The foundation of religion was laid with the invisible man as the whole soul owner of it. The foundation had esteemed trustees who promoted and sold the concept of fear laced in faith.
The concept and foundation worked perfectly. In an ever evolving human society, with more and more information and knowledge flooding in, the foundation of ignorance, fear and faith withstands.
Long live the lord!!
