The Tool Maker and the Shaman
Roots of Religion The parallel developmental processes of creating and using tools and creating and using religion. The Roots of Religion: Genevieve Von Petzinger at TEDxVictoria Imagine no Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zgwz_m7sRs&t=58 What was it like without any religion? We know that it was not there if we go far enough back archeologically. It had to have begun in small steps at some point and little by little developed into more sophisticated systems. There are an estimated 20 world religions that span more than one country and hundreds of belief systems. At this point in time, out of the 7 billion people on earth, 6 billion people follow some religion. That is significant. The history of religion is critical to understand if we want to understand humans and human development sociologically, psychologically, politically, and spiritually. “How far back does the religious impulse go? And how would you get at that? It’s incredibly subjective, right? So, ob...