Eddie, I like what you say here. Why we are so violent and greedy is hard to explain, but it can't all be the fault of priests.
There are all the politicians too!

I have a book, published in 1998, called GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL by Jared Diamond. Subtitle: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years.

I might read it again. Very thick book. Have you read it? It won a science book prize.

GG.



Eddie Larry Wrote:
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Susan stated
> On what basis do you think they did not
> anthropomorphise these forces of nature?? Do you
> think they realised they were natural forces of
> nature?
>

>
> Of course they did. They gave them special names.
> Of course, we give hurricanes male and female
> names nowadays, so we are just as
> anthropomorphic!
>
> I don’t know anybody talking about flying horses
> anymore. Perhaps they think that way in England
> but I just don’t know anyone.
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Susan again
> If that were true, then there would be a cessation
> of people killing others because of the others’
> beliefs. And, of course, the word God would lose
> its authority because the religious leaders
> claiming its existence would be shown to be
> spreading falsehoods.
>

>
> Violence is a survival trait of all living things.
> It is human and part of the goal of religions is
> to control human violence. They certainly fail at
> times but that is because humans are bad, or weak,
> or sick. Science may study human moral rules but
> it does not create them. Spiritual people create
> them. And then use religion to support their
> moral ideas. Human violence is really tough to
> overcome but that is because it is based in Nature
> itself. And we are probably going backwards in
> that regard nowadays.
>
> Happy Saturday,