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davtruss t1_iwmk6qa wrote

I'm determined to enjoy this entire article, but I see this type of thing on reddit all the time, and that's the notion that what academics call "modernity" in terms of agriculture, tool use, abstract thinking, and singing/dancing, is somehow related to the emergence of conscience and the metaphorical concept of Adam and Eve.

I'm pretty sure that the appreciation of God by some occurred long before what we would more accurately describe as culture.

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Melodic_Antelope6490 OP t1_iwmn9g2 wrote

Not so sure that's true, if God is an abstraction of self-representation in some form, then surely culture and representation come first?

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davtruss t1_iwnw1fs wrote

I was just thinking in terms of first man, first woman. Surely there was enlightened "first" who not only became self aware, but also aware of something bigger than himself or herself. I don't know that the obvious evidence of cultural advancement would have instantly flowed freely. Heck, many may have thought such a person was crazy.

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