Was religion perhaps born as a result of philosophy?

Religions existed long before philosophy was formalized by the pre-Socratics. The history of the two is explained by this atheist, who at one point said Jesus was a good man but his Disciples ruined the message.

"Faith, as such, is extremely detrimental to human life: it is the negation of reason. But you must remember that religion is an early form of philosophy, that the first attempts to explain the universe, to give a coherent frame of reference to man’s life and a code of moral values, were made by religion, before men graduated or developed enough to have philosophy. And, as philosophies, some religions have very valuable moral points. They may have a good influence or proper principles to inculcate, but in a very contradictory context and, on a very—how should I say it?—dangerous or malevolent base: on the ground of faith."

“Playboy’s Interview with Ayn Rand,” March 1964

Philosophy certainly contributed to the New Testament of the Bible, which is expected, as Rome is where it came out of, but was philosophy the grandfather of religion? I would say that the authors of religion, in the ancient days, would have been the 'Leonardo Da Vinci's' and the 'Stephen Hawking's' of those times, and certainly would have lent some serious thought to the principles they taught.

I wager that philosophy was spoken in the form of parables, and then the simple-minded missed the central philosophy as they began to worship the characters in the parables.

Anyone who sits back to watch nature can see that nature is above humans, so the sense that a greater power was at work became the concept of 'God'. Some religions did not connect the dots that were the various principles of nature, while others realized they were all connected somehow, concluding that there was one God in control of them all.

The principles and laws (of nature) that govern our species were studied according to the best available philosophy of the various times that various beliefs were formed, and understood through the inherent and instinctive tendency for humans to assume an agent.

Many people do not realize that science came out of religion, a refined method for understanding truth. As it turned out, the truth was nothing like what we had suspected as a superstitious species. It is interesting that in the New Testament, it is stated that all the principles of God could be learned from nature.

Yet even with science, there are many who fail to understand the principles of science, and they come to some wacky conclusions when they fail to grasp the concept behind an analogy given by scientists to explain some of the most complex ideas known to mankind.

If God was seen he wouldn't be a belief, He would be a fact. But man has to believe now then he/she will see after. Because God wants us to believe and trust Him. And the proof that God is there , is the people whose lives changed after knowing Him and having a relationship with Him. My country is full of such people.

Such ancient religions were because God created humans with a desire in their hearts to have a deity, to have someone they worship and to fill the emptiness in their hearts.. Those ancient people had such religions before knowing God. If u come here , u would see ancient churches , from the days of Ancient Egyptians.

I can only speak for the Abrahamic religions that didn't start from philosophy but from certain peoples actual physical meeting with the God Yahweh Himself or a messenger He sent to them with His message, so these religions are fact driven. Since philosophy is science driven it changes as our scientific knowledge catches up to our Intelligent Designers.

Doubtful... Religion comes from fear and superstition.

Philosophy on the other hand, yes it fits with your description but targets a different end. Not all philosophies involve a god or a magical trans dimensional entity. As "Myth Buster" put it.

However I don't fully concur with "Myth Buster's" argument. Hinduism has tons of gods, and is full of childish superstitions.

The oldest religions today like Hinduism and Buddhism are in fact philosophies

Religion can be interrpreted *as* philosophy rather than resulted from it. See at one point Ra and Zeus were worshipped everyday and had temples created in their honour - since their fall they are now just considered mythology. Not even philosophy.

So in my opinion, any practicing 'religion' *is* philosophy.

ETA: I didn't read all your extra info - too messy.

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They are too philosophical to have a religion! moreover God is beyond any kind of thoughts and imagination. like some wise prayer from a wise man, God if there is a God, save my soul, if i have a soul!

It is easy to think that from the outside, however once you have met Jesus and he begins to transform your life then it it is no longer a question of a historical philosophy or system, but a real living thing.

Christians don't just believe that this stuff is true, we believe that it works too - our lives are testament to that.