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Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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6. Then there's....

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 11:13 AM

Aug 2015

The tribe (an extended family) of hunter gatherers, profoundly ignorant of the causes in nature, ate the wrong mushroom and had a faboo, beautiful and terrifying trip! The leader made up a bunch of shit to explain it all and secured his "right" to rule.... because, y'know...supernatural!

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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