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marylandblue

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14. Read further in the wiki article

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 02:14 PM

Dec 2017

And they present examples of the spirits acting human-like. They don't make a hard and fast distinction between human, animal and inanimate objects, so they often have stories of animals and rivers having intent, talking etc. And animism is hard to analyze using modern concepts because they are so culturally different from us. I think that without the hard and fast distinctions, rivers may be thought to act like humans, but humans may also act like rivers.

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GOD: A Human History [View all] yallerdawg Dec 2017 OP

I got this book for mr liberty's stepfather for Christmas ms liberty Dec 2017 #1

Aslan did this short-lived CNN series, "Believers." yallerdawg Dec 2017 #3

I don't agree that it is hard-wired. AtheistCrusader Dec 2017 #2

Personification appears to be hardwired marylandblue Dec 2017 #4

Except when it isnt, for example Buddhists Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #9

depends how you are defining these things marylandblue Dec 2017 #10

well no, animism generally does not have anthropic deities. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #12

Read further in the wiki article marylandblue Dec 2017 #14

I just finished reading this. It's very interesting. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #5

Yes. The conceit that the deity is human in form is MineralMan Dec 2017 #6

I see 2 possibilities, at least. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #7

1) has you rejecting evolution in favor of id. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #8

No, it does not. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #11

"God hard-wired us with a feeling for God" Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #13

They were expressed as possibilities. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #15

So you now agree with me that 1) rejects evolution. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #16

No, I do not agree with you. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #17