RE: Do you think that one day religion will become a thing of the past
December 14, 2015 at 11:48 am
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2015 at 12:20 pm by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(December 14, 2015 at 11:33 am)Rhythm Wrote: I'm as mystified by this one as I was the last one. Essentially, drilling it down another layer...such that ag may not have needed a god but now cities needed gods to be possible?
("The hordes" were better fed than early agriculturalists, as a sideline that might make you smile, h/g provides a more stable and nutritious diet -when you have the range to support it- than ag ever could. Less work for more food.)
I'm just pointing out that early cities were agriculturally-based, and would not have been possible in a non-coastal region without this - this is agreed on as fact by anthropologists and historians. Agriculture required no god, but getting people to stand together in large groups and defend each other's homesteads when running would be much easier is unlikely without a leader of surreal qualities, that is he's surreal in that he inspires them with stories of unreal origin (i.e. his god).
The hordes were fed a better balanced diet, when they could eat at all - which was a problem.
Another problem was that nomadic peoples were becoming pressed for range in the areas which gave rise to agricultural as a solution.
Less work for better food, yes.
Less work for more food? Not in high-traffic geographic regions. The rich soil can only produce enough food naturally to feed so many foragers, who will flood a rich area because they heard it was so good, and then if you want to stick around and eat too you will have to work that soil.
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