They say the first man was Adam. It is likely that it was. Man is mind, the first monkey to receive revelation from the contemplation of fire, was called Adam. Then Adam found a wife and her name was eve. Eve admired and believed in her husband, and took from him his vision of the world. The mind gave Adam greater force and power, he became head of tribe and priest. The tribe quickly gained power and subdued other tribes. This couple had many children, which parents have got power, the beginnings of perfection and reason. Mind gave these people power and they became the dominant species, gradually began to control the whole world.
The first man-made clothing was made of the skins of bears and bulls. The cave people worshipped bears, wolves, and bulls, putting on their skins, they tried to join their power.
The emergence of metals is associated with religious rituals of communion with the power of the earth. The symbol of the victory of the God of fire over the chaos of the underworld. Take the ore, crush it (the principle of "divide and conquer"), then sacrifice it to the fire, burning out her sins. After cleansing, from sins remain clean metals and different alloys.
God created the human mind. The sacred fire, sent down by God to the earth, taught people to make flint weapons, to hunt, to fish, to eat fried food. The cult of grain opened the idea of burials, temples, sedentary lifestyle, cloth, bread, cereals and legumes. The cult of truth and reason created science. Thoughts of God have taught man to think. Attempts to communicate with God created writing and art.
The symbol of the coffin is associated with the symbol of the butterfly and the idea that death is the rebirth of the caterpillar into a butterfly. A coffin or sarcophagus is a pupa from which the soul, being reborn, turns from a man into a winged angel. Flowers at the funeral is also about butterflies, victory over death and rebirth.
Have ancient people the most the first God was the fire. Making sacrifices to the fire, trying to achieve unity with God, people learned to fry meat and subsequently developed cooking.
It's faith what created the human reason. It's faith in reason what made humans start building temples, invent labor, settle down, master industrial economy and agriculture, start creating, not only consuming.
Writing was invented to record the words of God, so as not to forget or distort the words of God. God doesn't talk to people that often and there was a need to keep the divine revelations in mind. The words of God brought law and order into the world, became the Foundation of society and the state.
It is said that European civilization stands on the Foundation of Greek philosophy. But the Foundation of Greek philosophy is the philosophy of Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Vedas and Zoroastrianism. And even the traditions of Judaism stem from the same roots. It is said that Moses was taught the wisdom of Egypt, and Abraham was a connoisseur of the wisdom of Mesopotamia.
When a person comes to Church, he does not come to God, but to his wife, whose mission is to comfort and compassion. The Church relieves the pain and gives strength to man to find reason and to realize the realization of God. Those who took advantage of this opportunity, we call the chosen.
First came the priests, who gave power to the leaders and tyrants. Then the priests turned into philosophers who raised emperors. Afterwards, when philosophy died ... there were people who we now call psychologists, psychotherapists, managers, leaders, clergymen and all that sort of thing.
If right understanding of idols and idolatry, we should realize that the worship of human reason does not deny love and attention to his body, liver, heart, muscles, etc. the Main thing to remember is that idol should be useful and beautiful, and it is always less than the whole and total. Moreover, the heart is no better than the liver, and the brain is no better than the rectum.
Monkeys have always had at least four idols... The most cowardly prayed to the bear, for he was terribly afraid. The wood was praying at the tree. The weakest, who were driven away from the tree, began to pray for the cow and the bull, for they saved them from hunger. Well, the most visionary began to pray to the fire, for they noticed that love and passion are the strongest.
Initially the monkey prayed for the tree, because the tree fed it. Then a lightning struck the tree and it burned down. Thus the monkey realized that the real God was this fire. However, many idolaters still pray for the trees, so we call them wooden and oak-headed fools. Smart people are those who pray for love, that is, for fire. However, those who are enlightened know more than anyone else.
Before the invention of fire, monkeys mostly ate sweet fruits, which did not contribute to the development of intelligence in them. Excess sugar is bad for socialization and the ability to focus. By reducing the consumption of sugar, the monkey became calmer and was able to focus attention, that is, learned to love and think. Concentration is love.
Having carefully studied from the viewpoint of Cybernetics and system logic all on the planet earth religion, philosophy and science, I came to the conclusion that they are all right and saying the same thing, just different words, and sometimes by accenting, then some, in other parts of the whole.
Religion and ability to realize the God are inherent only to the human consciousness. Animals are unable to get the idea of religion and God in principle.
The state was created by God. God promised people to save them from the devil, that is, from fear. The state is an institution for the service of God, providing functions such as science and education, order and roads, protection and ritual facilities. The God that serves the whole state, is very strong and can protect its subjects from anyone.
The meaning of any religion is to turn a slave into a free man. Freedom is joyful, all religions offer freedom. The problem is, slaves don't need freedom, addicts just need drugs. Religion promises freedom from dependence, and slaves are interested only in Paradise, joy and bliss.
The concept of salvation in Christianity is salvation from slavery. The slaves of idols and vices desire freedom. Christianity promises freedom to those who are willing to repent and change their minds.
The meaning of the diversity of religions is that the truth is one, but its objective side is very dependent on the place and time. Objective reality is truth, and objective reality is very diverse.