(January 24, 2019 at 6:05 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 24, 2019 at 5:02 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: The bold part of your reply Brian, the assumption of the existence of a super-deity itself is very strange, why a God controlling the volcano; why not a clan of dragons, or the volcano itself being alive?
The idea of natural objects being alive -for example- were known since ancient times but it never gained popularity as an explanation. It was always the theory of a God in the sky that wins in the end.
We do project our qualities on our beliefs; that's why it's innate capacity to assume that the mountain is alive or the volcano can see. But why a "God/s" controlling it? and across all earth, for thousands of years? why did this idea win and stay alive until today?
Huh?
Humans made up all sorts of hybrids of animal/nature deities with human like qualities.
Horus the Egyptian savior son of Osiris and Isis was depicted as a falcon. Pele in Hawaii was the female goddess who controlled fire/volcanos.
And have you not looked at Asia's mythology? That is full of dragons.
I think you are missing my point. It is BOTH that humans thought a human like controler controlled the ocean, or sun, or volcano, AND or THEY thought the thing itself, was a super cognition, so not either or, but BOTH, depending on the society in geographical history.
BOTH are still a projection of human qualities on non human events/life.
The projection of human qualities on non human events/life wins mostly because parents hand down their traditions/mythologies to children long before they can formulate adult critical thinking skills.
I did say that we project our qualities on our beliefs; my question was "why is the produced creatures/humanoid/natural disaster" is controlled by a God?
Where did the idea of the "God" came from; and why did it survive and win across history to this day?
I get your point: just like we have "leaders/kings/presidents"; we assume nature is also running like that.
But why assume that the CEO is a God? why assume this model; even?
Why assume that life is like an organization with a CEO on top? isn't it more logical to say that the "employees like volcanoes" are alive?
The religious model was favored; and won.
