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3. Bump for Sophisticated Theology!
Sat Apr 11, 2015, 10:23 AM
Apr 2015


This reminds me of H.L. Mencken's theory about how religion got started. From memory:

Once, when our ancestors lived in caves, great rains came. Our ancestors moved to higher and higher ground, but the rain kept falling.

They moved onto the peak of the very highest mountain they could reach. Still the rain came until it lapped at their ankles.

Finally one man screamed: "The rain must stop!"

Purely out of coincidence, the rain did stop. And that man became the first priest.


ETA - you're seeing many ETAs from me today. This is due to problems with my device. And my brain. Mostly the latter.

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