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RE: Do you trust people enough to not have any religion?
February 24, 2012 at 11:41 am
Actually I saw that on some episode of National Geographic. I wish I could tell you more about it. I do have some books on the history of Christianity but if you read alot of History of religion books out there, I'm sure there are plenty of theories floating around about it. Zoastrism (eww..spelling?) is also attributed to some monotheastic thoughts that might have contributed to Judaism concepts as well. Even reading James Michner's The Source (excellent book, one of my favorites) has his theory on the start of religion.
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RE: Do you trust people enough to not have any religion?
February 26, 2012 at 8:10 am
(February 24, 2012 at 11:41 am)lilkanyon Wrote: Actually I saw that on some episode of National Geographic. I wish I could tell you more about it. I do have some books on the history of Christianity but if you read alot of History of religion books out there, I'm sure there are plenty of theories floating around about it. Zoastrism (eww..spelling?) is also attributed to some monotheastic thoughts that might have contributed to Judaism concepts as well. Even reading James Michner's The Source (excellent book, one of my favorites) has his theory on the start of religion.
I remember that National Geographic article. If memory serves me correctly, they claimed that Zoroastrianism (spelling
) was the first recorded faith to believe that there was only one god, one creator. They also claimed that it was the forerunner of the Abrahamic faiths. I think it also said that they had a form of baptism, long before John the Baptist arrived on the scene. Zoroastrians also believed that when the fight between good and evil is over - the world will end. Sounds familiar!
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RE: Do you trust people enough to not have any religion?
February 26, 2012 at 11:42 am
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(February 23, 2012 at 10:29 am)Insanity x Wrote: I knew this girl who told me that if god didnt exist everyone may as well kill, rape, steal and all other crimes
Which is exactly what they do
even though god exists (in her hypothetical).
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