Origin of Religion
The first mention of a GOD was the Egyptian Sun GOD RA.
This God is portrayed as a self created Creator God.
My opinion is that the Egyptian were gardeners along the river Nile. They realized that plants need the Sun for a healthy growth even though the plants get their start from a seed.
But the Sun does supply the energy and water for the survival of the plants.
This may surprise many readers but the Sun does supply the water that is detected throughout space. This water is the byproduct of the hydrogen/oxygen explosions caused by the impacting oxides in the Sun.
So we can then look to the two objects in the sky as a source for religion.
I believe the Moon is a more credible object for being the source for religion.
The reason for this is that the Moon and the women have the same periods for a link between a physical object and a biological life form.
This is a remarkable link. Both have a period of about 28 days. The Moons period around the Earth and the menstrual period of the woman.
As a result, the women would see the image in the Moon as that of a fetus. This tells the women that they can be Creator Gods with the Mother and Child concept.
This then represents the ‘Origin of Religion.
But the Moon also has phase changes that make a great calendar.
The fertile periods of women are only ten days, so they have eighteen days to avoid pregnancies.
This then gives them the concept of ‘family planning’.
The Sun on the other hand teaches nothing.
As a matter of fact, it is dangerous to stare at the Sun for a short extended period without protective lenses.
So it is obvious that the Moon is the source for religion.