Re: Religion and Inner States

Jim Bell (70672.1241@CompuServe.COM)
22 Jan 97 12:31:34 EST

JB>Oh, you mean the evidence that you once said had a body underneath it? But
>when we looked, turned out only to be these leopard bones? Bones which two
>guys say "suggests" it was worn as a "costume" (gosh, those guys must be GOO
>D. To figure out it was a costume and not a blanket or just a dead animal!)
>

GM<This guy is your precious Shreeve with whom you crow when Shreeve agrees
with you but trash when he disagrees with you.

Wrong again, O selective one! Please read pg. 52 and note that Shreeve is
commenting on what "two French archaeologists" reported in 1972. Remember,
this is in his overview chapter. [Next, you'll be telling us "Shreeve has
thrown in the towel"! Tsk, tsk]

Shreeve IS precious. I agree with his ultimate conclusion [see once again his
conclusion about the QUALITATIVE differences]. Since you seem to quote him so
often, I assume you agree with him as well. What? No? You trashing him now?

<<The climate had gotten much better during the Upper paleolithic making food
more plentiful. The upper paleolithic people had more time to make beads.>>

Have you got anything besides speculation about climate and non-sequiturs
about the connections?

Here's the real story: Modern man was so much more advanced he knew not only
how to store food, but how to share it with his fellows. His complex society
and advancement gave him the time to art, and his qualitatively different
spirituality directed him on how to use it.

<<By the way you didn't answer my question about the Azilians. They left no
shaman art. Are they humnan as in spiritual?>>

Sounds like you're mixing apples and oranges by confusing tribe with species.
(This mistake would get you an F on an anthropology exam.) Are the Azilians a
people, or a distinct species? First tell me who and when and where about
them. Are you saying they are or are not homo sapien?

Jim