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Atheists & Agnostics

onager

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3. H.L. Mencken described the invention of religion...

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 11:51 PM

Jul 2015

...as something nearly like that. From memory but I think it's pretty close:

Once, when our ancestors lived in caves, rains came day after day. Many people drowned, and the rest kept moving up to higher ground.

When the survivors reached the very highest ground, the rains still came.

Finally one man screamed for the rains to stop. The rains did...purely by conincidence.

And that man became the first priest.

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The Big Con [View all] Cartoonist Jul 2015 OP

No, you're wrong. It was the Wisdom of the Ancients mr blur Jul 2015 #1

That is how I have always pictured the Bible being written. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #2

humans who love the idea of controlling others AlbertCat Aug 2015 #5

And then you can promise paradise in the next world Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #7

H.L. Mencken described the invention of religion... onager Jul 2015 #3

I prefer Stephen Baxter's idea: DetlefK Jul 2015 #4

Then there's.... AlbertCat Aug 2015 #6