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Originally Posted by beppe
One concept that is going on since we have traces of a culture (in strict sense), and for that I mean the Paleolithic, alas for you materialistic adepts, is the cult of the Mother.
A part from being openly venerated as such in a small localized underpopulated little place like India, she is covertly venerated by us Catholic under the effigy of the Mother of God. They count that more than 70% of the actual devotion goes to her. Why? Certainly 50000 years might have left some imprinting. It is about 2000 generations. While Nietzsche died a little more than 4 generations ago.
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Your argument (suggestion/contention/observation - I'm not sure what the status of the above passage is), is that a lot of people have believed something for a long time, therefore...therefore what? We should immerse ourselves in the same antediluvian fog? It must be true?
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Originally Posted by beppe
Now, do not look at it just as a superstition. If you do that you will miss the whole point. It is the life giving. Any body who has not been involved in the actual process of it, can only imagine it, or read about it, and quite smoothly just reduce it to some species conservation impulsion.
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No one who has not taken mescalin and seen the spirits of the cactus enter a man's body and transform him into a coyote can only imagine it, or read about it and quite easily reduce it to some drug-induced hallucination. So what? They are probably right to do so. To think otherwise is simply to build immunity to scrutiny into your mythology - which many systems of myth do, but that doesn't make them true.
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Originally Posted by beppe
Can a half liter bottle contain one liter of wine?
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No, not unless you are playing fast and loose with the terms you are employing.