"I’m arguing that some gods are more effective than other gods in creating civilization. Limited gods [tribal gods] know very little about what people do, they might demand sacrifices, maybe not; these gods are not going to build large-scale societies. The big, omniscient, all-powerful, morally-demanding gods, they’re the ones that are going to do the job. If you just count the number of supernatural beliefs people have in the world, there are thousands of them. Yet, the vast majority of human beings are devoted to Big Gods; probably more than 80%. So, how do you get from tribal gods to the vast majority of human beings worshipping big gods? There has to be an explanation."
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:13:19 +0000
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