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The cave men worshipped everything (literally) and believed themselves to be lesser than everything else. Eventually they figured out how to make spears and pointy objects James T. Kirk: and they were able to kill the same animals they worshipped. Eventually, like with the greeks, things they couldn't explain, l ike lightning, were attributed to a human-like entity.
The cave men worshipped everything (literally) and believed themselves to be lesser than everything else. Eventually they figured out how to make spears and pointy objects James T. Kirk: and they were able to kill the same animals they worshipped. Eventually, like with the greeks, things they couldn't explain, l ike lightning, were attributed to a human-like entity.
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The cave men worshipped everything (literally) and believed themselves to be lesser than everything else. Eventually they figured out how to make spears and pointy objects James T. Kirk: and they were able to kill the same animals they worshipped. Eventually, like with the greeks, things they couldn't explain, l ike lightning, were attributed to a human-like entity.
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James T. Kirk: Well, have you learned how religion came into existence?
Tefdon: No, actually
James T. Kirk: it didn't always exist Tefdon: People wanted something to believe in? James T. Kirk: sorta James T. Kirk: let's go all the way back to the cave men Tefdon: They were like "That keeps us warm. We should keep it happy!" James T. Kirk: the cave men first worshipped everything (literally) Tefdon: Wat James T. Kirk: they were amazed that animals survived so easily James T. Kirk: they were amazed by weather James T. Kirk: by water James T. Kirk: so they worshipped everything James T. Kirk: and believed themselves to be LESSER than everything James T. Kirk: well, except a rock James T. Kirk: anyway, eventually they figured out how to make spears and pointy objects James T. Kirk: and they were able to kill the same animals they worshipped James T. Kirk: so animals became lesser than humans James T. Kirk: okay, scratch that off the worship list James T. Kirk: next they learned how to predict seasons James T. Kirk: fall, winter, etc. James T. Kirk: and they began to notice that crops grow during spring and summer James T. Kirk: and die during the cold months James T. Kirk: with that knowledge they were able to farm James T. Kirk: okay, that stuff is no longer worth worshipping James T. Kirk: with that knowledge they were able to farm James T. Kirk: okay, that stuff is no longer worth worshipping James T. Kirk: (you might see where this is leading) James T. Kirk: so over time civilizations developed James T. Kirk: and they were able to start understanding stuff James T. Kirk: the stars, the moon, etc. James T. Kirk: they began to view them as objects, not entities James T. Kirk: eventually, like with the greeks, things they couldn't explain, l ike lightning James T. Kirk: were attributed to a human-like entity James T. Kirk: in this case, Zeus James T. Kirk: you see by now they viewed humans as superior to earthly things James T. Kirk: and thought humans were becoming superior, so the gods must be hu man-like James T. Kirk: enter Science James T. Kirk: astronomers emerged during the greek and roman eras James T. Kirk: and they were began to peer into space and the like James T. Kirk: alright, so the moon was really just a giant rock in space James T. Kirk: (supposedly made of cheese to people in the 50s.......) James T. Kirk: Eventually as humans began to understand more and more James T. Kirk: less and less gods existed James T. Kirk: until monotheism emerged James T. Kirk: the belief in one god James T. Kirk: the first religion to practice this was not judaism or christiani ty James T. Kirk: but the Egyptians Tefdon: With... Ra? Tefdon: Osiris? James T. Kirk: Under Akhenaten, he invented the God Amon (check spelling, been a few years since I had to write it) James T. Kirk: no not those gods James T. Kirk: AKhenaten is an inbetween period James T. Kirk: anyway Tefdon: Amon Ra James T. Kirk: during this time hebrews (not jews quite yet) were living in Egyp t James T. Kirk: not all were slaves but we think many were James T. Kirk: Akhenaten became so obsessed James T. Kirk: he changed his name to Amen James T. Kirk: (gee, I heard that somewhere before) Tefdon: "amen." James T. Kirk: after he died James T. Kirk: (and he liked the hebrews) James T. Kirk: the next pharaoh reverted back to the multi-god religion with osi rus n stuff James T. Kirk: (that religion had over 1000 gods btw) James T. Kirk: and the hebrews, now becoming jews James T. Kirk: were persecuted James T. Kirk: this eventually lead to Ramses II (now we know it wasn't Ramses, aka the bible is wrong) James T. Kirk: chased Moses and his followers out of Egypt James T. Kirk: according to biblical references James T. Kirk: "God" separated the waters of the red sea James T. Kirk: allowed Moses to pass James T. Kirk: and then flooded the sea again to drown the pharaoh and his men James T. Kirk: no historical records exist to indicate a pharaoh drowned to deat h James T. Kirk: and no pharaoh personally chased moses James T. Kirk: his military did James T. Kirk: so yeah, that whole story went to the bunker James T. Kirk: anyway James T. Kirk: archaeologists discovered that the red sea did recede during this period James T. Kirk: but not for holy reasons James T. Kirk: an island in the mediterranean with a volcano exploded James T. Kirk: which caused a temporary shift in water levels James T. Kirk: we also now suspect moses survived in the desert by raiding other villages James T. Kirk: not the holy man he's made out to be James T. Kirk: so to explain the stuff we haven't figured out by now James T. Kirk: death, unexplained mysteries, disease, etc. James T. Kirk: everything is thus attributed to religious occurences James T. Kirk: for the longest time the catholic church believed disease was the work of Satan James T. Kirk: and thus prayer to God and other archaic means would heal you James T. Kirk: they viewed medicine as witchcraft James T. Kirk: eventually medicine got so good they couldn't deny it's use James T. Kirk: so it was no longer evil James T. Kirk: but wait! Earth is the center of the Universe James T. Kirk: oh wait, it's not James T. Kirk: we must excommunicate the blasphemer! James T. Kirk: then we can prove it isn't the center James T. Kirk: well then.. James T. Kirk: our solar system is the center! James T. Kirk: same story James T. Kirk: turns out it's not James T. Kirk: damnit! James T. Kirk: now we know there's trillions of galaxies James T. Kirk: and potentially multiple universes James T. Kirk: and alternate realities James T. Kirk: which then brings into question the whole thing about death James T. Kirk: under religion we're meant to have a soul James T. Kirk: meaning it's ours, and we're only one James T. Kirk: but if we exist in multiple realities James T. Kirk: that means there's multiple "mes" and "yous" James T. Kirk: which debunks the whole singular-soul theory James T. Kirk: and now with the whole thing that we may be visited by aliens (th ough I doubt they're analy probing people....) James T. Kirk: that means humans might not be the supreme beings of the universe James T. Kirk: and we're finding microscopic (potentially) life on other planets James T. Kirk: which means other planets might have life James T. Kirk: the whole point of this long-winded description James T. Kirk: is religion simply serves as a means for humans to cope with what they can't understand Tefdon: So. You're an atheist? James T. Kirk: when we can understand something, initially the religious zealots oppose it, until it becomes so engrained into public knowledge that it's imposs ible to deny. James T. Kirk: Not exactly. I know too much to believe that God doesn't exist, or any religious thing. James T. Kirk: I think it's possible stuff might exist but we just miscomprehend it all James T. Kirk: who's to say God wasn't some distant alien Tefdon: Soooo James T. Kirk: who teraformed earth James T. Kirk: ? Tefdon: Agnosticism? Tefdon: Very open minded agnosticism. James T. Kirk: yeah, I'd say open minded agnosticism James T. Kirk: or rather James T. Kirk: extremely open minded James T. Kirk: if we were to discover that God or Heaven do exist James T. Kirk: I'd be like "alright, so where did they come from?" James T. Kirk: and move on from there James T. Kirk: also if we were to discover it was all false James T. Kirk: I'd still be fine Tefdon: Dude Tefdon: Imagine the shitstorm if someone disproved God and Heaven completely. James T. Kirk: lol James T. Kirk: given that for the past 2000 years people have been coming up wit h excuses, I doubt that'll happen James T. Kirk: but who knows James T. Kirk: that'd be fun to watch Tefdon: It would Tefdon: If you were safe in a bunker. James T. Kirk: ...yea James T. Kirk: lol James T. Kirk: or rather James T. Kirk: in a space colony or something James T. Kirk: I don't think I'd want to be on a planet with a few hundred nukes James T. Kirk: "boom" Tefdon: With lots of women. James T. Kirk: I'd like to think humans will naturally become educated enough to become more open minded James T. Kirk: but I doubt it Tefdon: It takes one man to repopulate the world, but one hundred women. Tefdon: That's why we send men to war. We only need one.