What If Man Created God-Lord of the Flies

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What if Man made God and not the other way round?What if humans created God to overcome their own fears about the unknown and not the other way round? This discussion I have started based on william Golding's "lord of the Flies". Have you read "Lord of the flies" by william Golding .Its a story about a group of children deserted on an uninhabited island,where they are alone without adult supervision. The novel begins with the aftermath of the crash, once the boys have reached the island.they must develop their own society, in essence constructing a sociological experiment in which these boys must develop without any societal influences to shape them. In fact the beginning chapters of the novel parallel assumptions about human evolution, as the characters "discover" fire and form levels of political authority.However, what concerns Golding in the story is the nature of evil as demonstrated by the boys on the island. The "beast" becomes a sign of the children's unrest It goes from being a nightmare in some little boy's dreams in the beginning of the novel to something very real that requires sacrifice if one is to be safe.he beast represents the children's superstitious fears which become so overpowering that it eventually takes control of the situation.They make sacrifices to "the beast" to appease it and keep themselves safe. The sequence of killing can be used to track the children's turning from innocence to savagery . First, the boy with the birth mark accidentally dies in a fire .Then, Simon dies in a violent act committed by a group of people.Finally the change is complete and the children have become complete savages. They choose to hunt Ralph down near the end of the novel, knowing full well that the hunt will end in murder and sacrifice.William Golding uses Lord of the Flies to teach us that the most dangerous enemy is not the evil found without, but the evil found within each of us.In the novel he displays the two different personalities that mankind possesses, one civilized, the other primitive.The story's setting is essential for the evolution of both sides of man. The story's characters serve as archetypes that display the struggle between man's quest for civilization and his urges to become primitive. This has made me draw parallels between how the concept and need of God must have originated with the primitive man. Can you see the similarities. please comment. If you have not read the book then read it- it may change your perception of religion and God forever.