The old books is just «science» and knownledge from that time of period it was written. They where also cherry picking for getting best resoult of what made sense for time being, and also used politicsl for time being, and not really new with the Romans who used it in more efficient way than before, where they made allies by converting them to Christians more common understanding, than direct threats of going to hell and being executed for blasphemy.
If you read the bible you will find many laws that protect humans for doing stupid things, and also a guide to a successful living which involved discipline and a strict simple life to benefit all, and of course have common ground for their people to build wealth and become stronger against enemies.
It gives people hope and also something greater to fear.
Tippaporn, we all cherry picking even if we read the bible, the christians, pick what they like to believe in, exclude what they do not like. Thats why we have so many different churches and different beliefs even among Christians.
I believe all people need somewhere to belong, and the further away from nature we get, the more we longing for something to make sense.
Out in the nature, it is all about to survive, in more civilized populated it is more about getting seen and acknowledged by others, where we really do not risk anything to exists. At least where we have come from.
We do not risk much these days to leave our tribe, and maybe fairy tales started to teach everyone avout the danger they would face if they left their tribe, that later lead to more complex belief systems, and all this knownledge is passed on to us through our genetic memories.
Well, we know we are born with some kind of instincts, and we believe in dna and genetic memory ? Dont we?