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msongs

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3. neither, they are schemes made up by MEN for purposes of power, control, and wealth acquisition.

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Sun Sep 20, 2015, 10:51 PM

Sep 2015

perhaps once ages ago there were attempts to express understanding of natural forces in the face of ignorance, but once the first MAN figured out he could control others for his own benefit, natural understanding went out the figurative window.

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Are religions biologically based and natural or supernaturally based? [View all] Greatest I am Sep 2015 OP

Is Gnosticism human made? rug Sep 2015 #1

Yes. Greatest I am Sep 2015 #8

It is much better to understand than to be understood. rug Sep 2015 #12

Understand Greatest I am Sep 2015 #14

That was made clear five days ago. rug Sep 2015 #16

Yes Fumesucker Sep 2015 #2

Intelligent. Not. Greatest I am Sep 2015 #9

neither, they are schemes made up by MEN for purposes of power, control, and wealth acquisition. msongs Sep 2015 #3

And yet some of the earliest totems Igel Sep 2015 #5

Goddesses ruled up to Greatest I am Sep 2015 #11

That is what I meand with biologically based. Greatest I am Sep 2015 #10

Man created God in his own image. For power and greed... nt Mnemosyne Sep 2015 #4

Agreed Greatest I am Sep 2015 #15

Limited set of hypotheses. Igel Sep 2015 #6

"in the absence of a god you create a king" trotsky Sep 2015 #7

Manmade from biological instincts. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #13

Might made right but Greatest I am Sep 2015 #17

It is their time, which is a good thing Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #18

Perhaps they will become Amazons with just a few men for stud service. Greatest I am Sep 2015 #19