RE: If there is no God, then, one may ask
December 11, 2013 at 2:07 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2013 at 2:08 pm by LostLocke.)
I should amend my statement.
Humans have control in the sense they are ones who decide to create a civilization in the first place. And, at any point, they can choose to disband their civilization.
There are of course other external factors that can influence civilizations.
A natural disaster, like a flood, volcano, earthquake, meteor...etc, can displace or destroy a civilization.
If two different civilizations meet, their interaction will change them both. Maybe they'll go to war, and one civilization will wipe the other out. Maybe they'll be friendly and join to form one larger civilization.
And so on and so on, with other factors.
The point being that no one factor has 100% control over the formation, growth, evolution, and death of any single civilization.
Humans have control in the sense they are ones who decide to create a civilization in the first place. And, at any point, they can choose to disband their civilization.
There are of course other external factors that can influence civilizations.
A natural disaster, like a flood, volcano, earthquake, meteor...etc, can displace or destroy a civilization.
If two different civilizations meet, their interaction will change them both. Maybe they'll go to war, and one civilization will wipe the other out. Maybe they'll be friendly and join to form one larger civilization.
And so on and so on, with other factors.
The point being that no one factor has 100% control over the formation, growth, evolution, and death of any single civilization.