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2. Figuring out there had to be a god or gods was a brilliant, though wrong, leap of logic for our

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Jun 8, 2023, 03:13 PM

Jun 2023

ancestors that had no way of knowing what geology was about.

If they had trouble, usually something or someone was causing it. It might be a neighboring chief or new lead bull or cow in a herd they were hunting. That's why every culture we know much about has a religion.

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