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85:4.1 [[Mankind]] has [[worshiped]] [[earth]], [[air]], [[water]], and [[fire]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR primitive races] venerated springs and [[worshiped]] [[rivers]]. Even now in Mongolia there flourishes an influential [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiafinest.com%2Fforum%2Flofiversion%2Findex.php%2Ft236271.html&rct=j&q=river%20cults%20of%20mongolia&ei=Qth-TI2LN8GclgfP6ejsAw&usg=AFQjCNHxWjy3PqhcfhrbiBnSluwQQ0K2ag&cad=rja river cult]. [[Baptism]] became a [[religious]] [[ceremonial]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon], and the [[Greeks]] [[practiced]] the annual [[ritual]] bath. It was easy for the [[ancients]] to [[imagine]] that the spirits dwelt in the bubbling springs, gushing fountains, flowing [[rivers]], and raging torrents. Moving [[waters]] vividly impressed these [[simple]] [[minds]] with [[beliefs]] of spirit animation and [[supernatural]] [[power]]. Sometimes a drowning man would be refused succor for [[fear]] of offending some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_god river god].

85:4.1 [[Mankind]] has [[worshiped]] [[earth]], [[air]], [[water]], and [[fire]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR primitive races] venerated springs and [[worshiped]] [[rivers]]. Even now in Mongolia there flourishes an influential [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asiafinest.com%2Fforum%2Flofiversion%2Findex.php%2Ft236271.html&rct=j&q=river%20cults%20of%20mongolia&ei=Qth-TI2LN8GclgfP6ejsAw&usg=AFQjCNHxWjy3PqhcfhrbiBnSluwQQ0K2ag&cad=rja river cult]. [[Baptism]] became a [[religious]] [[ceremonial]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon Babylon], and the [[Greeks]] [[practiced]] the annual [[ritual]] bath. It was easy for the [[ancients]] to [[imagine]] that the spirits dwelt in the bubbling springs, gushing fountains, flowing [[rivers]], and raging torrents. Moving [[waters]] vividly impressed these [[simple]] [[minds]] with [[beliefs]] of spirit animation and [[supernatural]] [[power]]. Sometimes a drowning man would be refused succor for [[fear]] of offending some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_god river god].

85:4.2 Many [[things]] and numerous [[events]] have [[functioned]] as [[religious]] [[stimuli]] to different [[peoples]] in different ages. A [[rainbow]] is yet [[worshiped]] by many of the hill [[tribes]] of India. In both India and Africa the rainbow is thought to be a gigantic [[celestial]] snake; [[Hebrews]] and [[Christians]] regard it as "the bow of promise."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.9] Likewise, [[influences]] regarded as beneficent in one part of the world may be looked upon as malignant in other regions. The east [[wind]] is a [[god]] in South America, for it brings rain; in India it is a [[devil]] because it brings dust and causes drought. The [[ancient]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouins Bedouins] believed that a [[nature]] [[spirit]] produced the sand whirls, and even in the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] [[belief]] in nature spirits was strong enough to insure their perpetuation in [[Hebrew]] [[theology]] as [[angels]] of [[fire]], [[water]], and [[air]].

85:4.2 Many [[things]] and numerous [[events]] have [[functioned]] as [[religious]] [[stimuli]] to different [[peoples]] in different ages. A [[rainbow]] is yet [[worshiped]] by many of the hill [[tribes]] of India. In both India and Africa the rainbow is thought to be a gigantic [[celestial]] snake; [[Hebrews]] and [[Christians]] regard it as "the bow of promise."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.9] Likewise, [[influences]] regarded as beneficent in one part of the world may be looked upon as malignant in other regions. The east [[wind]] is a [[god]] in South America, for it brings rain; in India it is a [[devil]] because it brings dust and causes drought. The [[ancient]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouins Bedouins] believed that a [[nature]] [[spirit]] produced the sand whirls, and even in the times of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses] [[belief]] in nature spirits was strong enough to insure their perpetuation in [[Hebrew]] [[theology]] as [[angels]] of [[fire]], [[water]], and [[air]].

85:4.3 Clouds, rain, and hail have all been [[feared]] and [[worshiped]] by numerous [[primitive]] [[tribes]] and by many of the early [[nature]] [[cults]]. Windstorms with thunder and lightning overawed [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:1._THE_ANDONIC_ABORIGINES early man]. He was so impressed with these elemental disturbances that thunder was regarded as the [[voice]] of an angry [[god]]. The [[worship]] of [[fire]] and the [[fear]] of [[lightning]] were linked [[together]] and were widespread among many early [[groups]].

85:4.3 Clouds, rain, and hail have all been [[feared]] and [[worshiped]] by numerous [[primitive]] [[tribes]] and by many of the early [[nature]] [[cults]]. Windstorms with thunder and lightning overawed [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:1._THE_ANDONIC_ABORIGINES early man]. He was so impressed with these elemental disturbances that thunder was regarded as the [[voice]] of an angry [[god]]. The [[worship]] of [[fire]] and the [[fear]] of [[lightning]] were linked [[together]] and were widespread among many early [[groups]].

85:4.4 [[Fire]] was mixed up with [[magic]] in the [[minds]] of [[primitive]] [[fear]]-ridden [[mortals]]. A devotee of [[magic]] will vividly remember one positive [[chance]] result in the [[practice]] of his magic [[formulas]], while he nonchalantly forgets a score of [[negative]] results, out-and-out failures. Fire [[reverence]] reached its height in [http://www.pyracantha.com/Z/atarsh.html Persia], where it long [[persisted]]. Some [[tribes]] [[worshiped]] fire as a [[deity]] itself; others revered it as the flaming [[symbol]] of the purifying and purging spirit of their venerated deities. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_virgin Vestal virgins] were charged with the [[duty]] of watching [[sacred]] fires, and in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] candles still burn as a part of the [[ritual]] of many religious services.

85:4.4 [[Fire]] was mixed up with [[magic]] in the [[minds]] of [[primitive]] [[fear]]-ridden [[mortals]]. A devotee of [[magic]] will vividly remember one positive [[chance]] result in the [[practice]] of his magic [[formulas]], while he nonchalantly forgets a score of [[negative]] results, out-and-out failures. Fire [[reverence]] reached its height in [http://www.pyracantha.com/Z/atarsh.html Persia], where it long [[persisted]]. Some [[tribes]] [[worshiped]] fire as a [[deity]] itself; others revered it as the flaming [[symbol]] of the purifying and purging spirit of their venerated deities. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestal_virgin Vestal virgins] were charged with the [[duty]] of watching [[sacred]] fires, and in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] candles still burn as a part of the [[ritual]] of many religious services.

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[[Category:Paper 85 - The Origins of Worship]]

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