More on the Origin of all Religion



Countless drawings, inscriptions and objects, as well as the Bible, tell us ancient religion was about plants, animals, stars, the moon and the sun. Plus, pictures and objects had life and powers. The Moses story was about his anger that the "golden calf" was worshipped. It's obvious that if there actually was an Exodus, some people in his group worshipped the "golden calf" instead the god Moses worshipped. The Old Testament, written for the Israels, scolded them for putting other gods in front of the Big Guy. 

When every aspect of their lives, their food and danger from animals or other tribes, came from places or reasons they did not know, they believed some god was the source. For each food or danger a different god was in charge. So, for the growing and cropping season it was the crop god. The hunting season a different one. Battles yet another. Each god required a ritual. 

These observable events and the sun, rain and stars that each required a god to influence were necessary and worked well when all information was passed from generation to generation verbally. About 6,000 years ago the written word came along. It was developed in several parts of the world seemingly independently. The location of the sun, moon and stars was no longer the source of information about the season. Nor were they the location of spiritual beings. The written word told other stories. Religions "of the book" replaced those which were older and had been passed down orally. 

Christianity, all readers know, came along after Judaism. While the tales of the Old Testament existed other places prior to the Jews, no one has figured out for certain where Jews came from or the source of their form of religion.   

 

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