How did religion begin?

1. 2018-10-25 at 1:11 AM UTC

   #41
   

   Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]
   what a shit thread, people are just prone to constructing mythology and that hasn't changed, only the end product looks any different.
2. 2018-10-25 at 1:38 AM UTC

   #42
   

   Anal Turing Houston

   Originally posted by Zanick what a shit thread, people are just prone to constructing mythology and that hasn't changed, only the end product looks any different.

   
   I'd argue that people are geared to creating explanations, because creating a working model of reality is in our best evolutionary interest. Some of that can be mythology, but it's also why we do science and philosophy.
3. 2018-10-25 at 1:49 AM UTC

   #43
   

   cupocheer Space Nigga [unwillingly condescend the dp]
   ...and history, and medical, and anthropology, and archeology, and --- well, I think everyone gets the idea.