"I guess he never suggested to the students to explore the origin of the concept of god or soul. He most probably was expecting students to react in the normal but sterile way of thinking that Rhythm demonstrates above."
Firstly, I do not find Rhythm sterile in his thinking at all. Secondly, there was nothing sterile in that professor's thinking. He was stunning in his insight, the scope of his vision, and his understanding of the indexing of religious concepts and their development. One need not take god or the soul to heart in order to understand why man has wanted invisible friends or some innate piece of immortality. Fear is an amazing motivator which is subsequently quite often mistaken for the great gravy.
Firstly, I do not find Rhythm sterile in his thinking at all. Secondly, there was nothing sterile in that professor's thinking. He was stunning in his insight, the scope of his vision, and his understanding of the indexing of religious concepts and their development. One need not take god or the soul to heart in order to understand why man has wanted invisible friends or some innate piece of immortality. Fear is an amazing motivator which is subsequently quite often mistaken for the great gravy.
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