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On the origin of religion
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RE: On the origin of religion
February 8, 2017 at 10:39 am (This post was last modified: February 8, 2017 at 3:43 pm by Mister Agenda.)
It was probably difficult to not have some sort of mystical belief when you didn't know what caused natural phenomena and didn't know what dreams were. It seems like a natural progression that 40,000 years ago; dreaming of talking to rocks and trees and dead people led to treating rocks and trees as if they were or contained conscious beings and dead people like they were still around invisibly while awake, becoming animism. The true old-time religion.
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On the origin of religion

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On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 5, 2017 at 6:48 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Angrboda - February 6, 2017 at 7:01 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 6, 2017 at 7:09 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 6, 2017 at 7:23 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by chimp3 - February 8, 2017 at 6:33 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 6, 2017 at 7:25 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 6, 2017 at 7:46 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Pat Mustard - February 8, 2017 at 6:05 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 8, 2017 at 11:41 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 6, 2017 at 7:50 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 6, 2017 at 7:55 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 6, 2017 at 7:56 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 6, 2017 at 8:03 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 6, 2017 at 8:05 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 6, 2017 at 8:11 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 6, 2017 at 8:21 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Whateverist - February 6, 2017 at 8:37 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 6, 2017 at 9:16 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 7, 2017 at 12:04 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 7, 2017 at 4:04 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by pocaracas - February 7, 2017 at 5:59 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mr Greene - February 8, 2017 at 3:02 pm
RE: On the origin of religion - by Sal - February 7, 2017 at 6:31 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by Fake Messiah - February 7, 2017 at 7:50 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by Sal - February 7, 2017 at 8:37 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by Mister Agenda - February 8, 2017 at 10:39 am
RE: On the origin of religion - by The Grand Nudger - February 8, 2017 at 12:01 pm

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