RE: The five "R"s that probably inspired the invention of god and religion:
June 1, 2013 at 4:36 pm
It can be hard to separate anthropology from archaeology when dealing with early man but animism was only defined in the early 19th century by Edwin Tylor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
I forget where I read/saw it but someone was considering the practical effect of what would happen when a primitive human with marginal cognitive powers would see a live animal become a dead animal after sticking a spear in it. The old "one guy - brighter than the rest" routine began to wonder about the animating force which was no longer present in the dead animal.
Today, of course, marginal cognitive powers are generally found among theists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism
I forget where I read/saw it but someone was considering the practical effect of what would happen when a primitive human with marginal cognitive powers would see a live animal become a dead animal after sticking a spear in it. The old "one guy - brighter than the rest" routine began to wonder about the animating force which was no longer present in the dead animal.
Today, of course, marginal cognitive powers are generally found among theists.
