(November 23, 2020 at 6:55 pm)Apollo Wrote: Not religion per se but belief in god has been theorized (and supported by some research) as having evolutionary basis. It basically has been theorized as a (useful) byproduct of our brain's ability to see patterns in nature, the ability to see something from others' point of view (theory of mind or empathy––giving rise to seeing intent in natural phenomenon), and passing on knowledge to next generations.
I suspect that’s largely the case. It wouldn’t take much for Oog to notice that it generally got cloudy before a thunderstorm, and - for him - a reasonable explanation would have been that Great Cloud Pusher was angry about something.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
