Posted by:
Elder Berry
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Date: March 16, 2017 01:41PM
seamaiden Wrote:
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> I get what you are saying, what I am saying is how
> could a view like that, Us being the end all be
> all, be so predominate in world view?
Self reference is a strong part of us. Even in our social cohesion we create us and them cultures. I believe agriculture (the most powerful boost to humans flexing their brains into diverse cultural variants) created a disharmony with the environment which all inhabited.
Before agriculture humans couldn't collectively own much.
> What carried
> that forward to cover the globe?
Religion is one of many catalysts for human cultural expressions in my opinion.
From your link.
"We believe in Infinite Intelligence."
http://www.nsac.org/spiritualism.phpThis connecting to something even greater than collectives of humans can be like I believe you believe - something more inclusive of the non-human or very exclusive of the human which organized religions use to attract adherents.
The chosen people has cache and has in agrarian societies for millenia. When smaller groups of hunter gatherers think of themselves as chosen it is always in the context of other competing gods. Once you settle down and collecting things, people, and storing food, you need to make your gods more important than your neighbor's gods to validate your claims to more and more property.