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Look at societies that haven't transitioned from tribal kinship identities and belief systems. Their lifestyle has changed little in thousands of years.
by s_baby 14y ago
Look at societies that haven't transitioned from tribal kinship identities and belief systems. Their lifestyle has changed little in thousands of years.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoThat doesn't imply anything positive about religion, just that some tribes with and without "religion" reached a stable lifestyle early and aren't motivated to progress.
- s_baby 14y agoIt implies religion was a necessary condition for progress.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoNo, it implies that religion was a sufficient condition for progress. http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/jyoung/necessary_and_sufficient_conditions.htm http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/jyoung/necessary_and_sufficient_co...
- s_baby 14y agoThen show a counter example without religion in the equation.