Jimmy Higgins
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- Calvinistic Atheist
Going back to the old days, I think one word could describe original religion, "routine". Humans crave routine, hate it when the routine is upended like when those satanic monsters at the grocery store move all the stuff around.
I think all intelligent mammalian life has a routine. Domestic cats and dogs certainly do. Whales are being observed to. Routine creates order, reduces disorder which causes confusion in our mind and our minds are not programmed to embrace disorder. Adherence to order allows for routine, routines in hunting, farming, any sort of aspect that would help guide the survival of a species. Routines would grow into larger societal things. The question to ask is at what point do we see a divergence from routines into animism turn theism. It was likely sociopaths.
I think all intelligent mammalian life has a routine. Domestic cats and dogs certainly do. Whales are being observed to. Routine creates order, reduces disorder which causes confusion in our mind and our minds are not programmed to embrace disorder. Adherence to order allows for routine, routines in hunting, farming, any sort of aspect that would help guide the survival of a species. Routines would grow into larger societal things. The question to ask is at what point do we see a divergence from routines into animism turn theism. It was likely sociopaths.