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69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Parsees Parsees].

69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Parsees Parsees].

69:6.7 [[Fire]] led to [[cooking]], and "raw eaters" became a term of derision. And cooking lessened the expenditure of [[vital]] [[energy]] [[necessary]] for the digestion of [[food]] and so left early man some [[strength]] for [[social]] [[culture]], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry], by reducing the [[effort]] [[necessary]] to [[secure]] [[food]], provided [[time]] for [[social]] activities.

69:6.7 [[Fire]] led to [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], and "raw eaters" became a term of derision. And cooking lessened the expenditure of [[vital]] [[energy]] [[necessary]] for the digestion of [[food]] and so left early man some [[strength]] for [[social]] [[culture]], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry], by reducing the [[effort]] [[necessary]] to [[secure]] [[food]], provided [[time]] for [[social]] activities.

69:6.8 It should be remembered that [[fire]] opened the doors to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalurgy metalwork] and led to the subsequent [[discovery]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power steam power] and the present-day uses of [[electricity]].

69:6.8 It should be remembered that [[fire]] opened the doors to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalurgy metalwork] and led to the subsequent [[discovery]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power steam power] and the present-day uses of [[electricity]].