(June 7, 2012 at 3:26 am)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(June 6, 2012 at 9:04 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: The Pirahã don't believe in god.
From Wikipedia:
Quote:The Pirahã have no concept of a supreme spirit or god[11] and they lost interest in Jesus when they discovered that Everett had never seen him. They require evidence for every claim made. They aren't interested in things if they don't know the history behind them, if they haven't seen it done.
Cherry picking time!
The rest of the paragraph:
Quote:However, they do believe in spirits that can sometimes take on the shape of things in the environment. These spirits can be jaguars, trees, or other visible, tangible things including people.[12] Everett reported one incident where the Pirahã said that “Xigagaí, one of the beings that lives above the clouds, was standing on a beach yelling at us, telling us that he would kill us if we go into the jungle.” Everett and his daughter could see nothing and yet the Pirahã insisted that Xigagaí was still on the beach.[13]
Yes, there is batshit found.
They're a people who appear to believe devoutly in their own cultural superiority. Evidence from those who'd try to teach them corroborates that.
Fuck them.
Slave to the Patriarchy no more
