So if you believe that spiritual life goes back 35,000 then why did you
object, when I drew the line in the technology chronology at 35,000 and said
that according to you these were animals below that line. Jim, you seem to
have a very short memory. Here is your statement AFTER I said that you
believed in a 35,000 year old origin of spirituality.
>Glenn assigns me an arbitrary starting point. He's wrong about that.
In point of fact I assigned you what you advocate. Why do you get
wishy-washy about this. Stand up and defend your position like a man.
>
>If you think there was shaman-art in all those 4.5 million years, please
>share the evidence with us. To re-cap, here is what modern man's shaman-art
>looks like:
>
The continuous religious tradition of making female fertility idols goes all
the way back to 330,000 years ago. There is a Neanderthal example at about
80,000. In modern times these were worshiped and you have no doubt that
they were worshiped back as far as 35,000 years ago.
>1. The shaman sees two realities--ordinary physical, and extraordinary
>nonmaterial. The latter is the world of the spirit. This is where the human
>soul resides.
>
What about the shaman's cape found on a Neanderthal at Hortus France at
50,000 years?? You know, shamanistic art requires a shaman. A shaman wears
a cape. See my web page for details.
I never cease to be amazed at your selective acceptance of data, Jim.
glenn
Foundation, Fall and Flood
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