Posts by Obbe

1. 2015-09-12 at 6:26 PM UTC in Freedom or Security
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]
   Is freedom or security more important?
   
   Some would say we cannot give up our freedoms to gain more security without losing both.
   
   Others would argue that security grants us freedom. That you cannot have one without the other.
   
   What do you think is more important? Freedom, or security?
2. 2015-09-12 at 2:19 PM UTC in How did religion begin?
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

   To answer the question: even animals mourn their dead. This behavior in ancient humans, combined with events frequently inexplicable from their contemporary ignorance, led to ancestral worship.
   
   Or at least, that's one way religion started.
   
   There is also the etiological explanation provided above. Personally, I suspect that's somewhat later in the chain, but particularly witty savages may have invented the gods to distract their pesky kids.

   
   Animals don't have the kind of mentality to be able to "invent" myths to distract each other. The modern human mind took a long time to develop, and religious beliefs are likely older.
   
   Ancestor worship in combination with the stresses of survival in primitive times likely caused our ancestors to experience hallucinations. The ancient story of Horus and Osiris tells us how a dying king would become his peoples God and continue to rule over them from beyond the grave through hallucinations.
3. 2015-09-11 at 10:46 PM UTC in How did religion begin?
   

   Obbe Alan What? [annoy my right-angled speediness]

   It could have its roots in schizophrenics, amusingly enough. Recall coming across a rough overview on theories about schizophrenia, how the prevalence is too high to be explained without there being something to offset the natural reproductive disadvantage, shamans in some form being or having been a part of nearly every culture found.
   
   I've actually read some of the bible, up until the last book by Moses (allegedly), where I could bear no more. I have no problem believing these were the product of a deranged madman.

   
   Schizophrenia may very well be the vestigial remains of a primitive mentality and religion the remains of their culture.