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warandwar
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« on: December 25, 2015, 02:01:24 AM »
Surprised no one's mentioned this, but transitions to agrarian, centralized societies brought about rule-giving creator gods.
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« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2015, 11:30:35 AM »
Quote from: Tetro Kornbluth on December 25, 2015, 09:16:11 AM
Quote from: warandwar on December 25, 2015, 02:01:24 AM
Surprised no one's mentioned this, but transitions to agrarian, centralized societies brought about rule-giving creator gods.

Because it's obviously false.

I guess it's more animism -> polytheism with this, but it definitely laid the groundwork for monotheism.
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