Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before

[wvit1001]

When you think of religion, you probably think of a god who rewards the good and punishes the wicked. But the idea of morally concerned gods is by no means universal. Social scientists have long known that small-scale traditional societies – the kind missionaries used to dismiss as “pagan” – envisaged a spirit world that cared little about the morality of human behaviour. Their concern was less about whether humans behaved nicely towards one another and more about whether they carried out their obligations to the spirits and displayed suitable deference to them.

Eye in the sky

One popular theory has argued that moralising gods were necessary for the rise of large-scale societies. Small societies, so the argument goes, were like fish bowls. It was almost impossible to engage in antisocial behaviour without being caught and punished – whether by acts of collective violence, retaliation or long-term reputational damage and risk of ostracism. But as societies grew larger and interactions between relative strangers became more commonplace, would-be transgressors could hope to evade detection under the cloak of anonymity. For cooperation to be possible under such conditions, some system of surveillance was required.

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http://theconversation.com/big-gods-came-after-the-rise-of-civilisations-not-before-finds-study-using-huge-historical-database-113801?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201266111735&utm_content=The%20Weekend%20Conversation%20-%201266111735+CID_64ad584fe1de6eacf881935d39f8682d&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Big%20gods%20came%20after%20the%20rise%20of%20civilisations%20not%20before%20finds%20study%20using%20huge%20historical%20database

[D2D]

Quite a statement from a person who worships the bureaucracy as god!

[wvit1001]

[dont-blameme]

wvit is also an ordained minister by the global warming and man made climate change society to preach sermons of how mmgw and mmcc will destroy the planet, and it will all be mans fault.

Wvit only preaches when he not spamming the board with his hate Trump posts.

[fun n games]

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Wvit only preaches when he not spamming the board with his hate Trump posts.




Doesn't that make him a GOD?


A God is only what your mind makes one to be.

[dont-blameme]

Then recommend that wvit has his mind checked.

[wvit1001]

There are no gods or God.   The idea of some mystical being is just something left over from our past.

[dont-blameme]

That's up to the individual to believe or not believe, you believe that man made global warming and man made climate change is real so why can't others believe that god is real.

[dont-blameme]

Your gods are the ones that promote man made climate change spam1001, do you deny that?

[wvit1001]

you could just as easily say that it's up to the individual to believe or not believe in Santa Claus blammie.

[wvit1001]

I'm not sure why you think MMCC is religion though blammie since it's an obvious scientific fact that every real science organization in the world is in agreement on.

[dont-blameme]

So you don't to talk about your gods spam1001?