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Before the book
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RE: Before the book
January 21, 2013 at 7:27 am (This post was last modified: January 21, 2013 at 7:28 am by Confused Ape.)
(January 21, 2013 at 4:54 am)NomenMihiNon Wrote: But why would anyone relinquish power to another who was no more intelligent or capable than they are...unless they were charismatic enough to convincingly claim rule by divine providence?


Group worship of the deities perhaps? Religious rituals are designed to get all participants into a receptive state so they have some kind of subjective experience. This short video recording speaking in tongues illustrates what I mean. The ones who end up speaking in tongues would believe God was moving through them while the others would believe they were witnessing God moving through the tongue speakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whpHwKlM_8M
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Before the book

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Before the book - by pocaracas - January 20, 2013 at 1:47 pm
RE: Before the book - by Minimalist - January 20, 2013 at 2:03 pm
RE: Before the book - by Confused Ape - January 20, 2013 at 2:19 pm
RE: Before the book - by Angrboda - January 20, 2013 at 4:30 pm
RE: Before the book - by Confused Ape - January 20, 2013 at 4:57 pm
RE: Before the book - by Something completely different - January 20, 2013 at 5:19 pm
RE: Before the book - by Confused Ape - January 20, 2013 at 5:37 pm
RE: Before the book - by pocaracas - January 20, 2013 at 6:23 pm
RE: Before the book - by paulpablo - January 20, 2013 at 5:22 pm
RE: Before the book - by Something completely different - January 20, 2013 at 5:44 pm
RE: Before the book - by Confused Ape - January 20, 2013 at 6:28 pm
RE: Before the book - by NomenMihiNon - January 21, 2013 at 4:54 am
RE: Before the book - by Confused Ape - January 21, 2013 at 7:27 am

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