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==68:1. PROTECTIVE SOCIALIZATION==

==68:1. PROTECTIVE SOCIALIZATION==

68:1.1 When brought closely [[together]], [[men]] often learn to like one another, but [[primitive]] man was not naturally overflowing with the [[spirit]] of [[brotherly]] [[feeling]] and the [[desire]] for [[social]] [[contact]] with his fellows. Rather did the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 early races] [[learn]] by sad [[experience]] that "in [[union]] there is [[strength]]"; and it is this lack of [[natural]] [[brotherly]] [[attraction]] that now stands in the way of [[immediate]] [[realization]] of the brotherhood of man on [[Urantia]].

68:1.1 When brought closely [[together]], [[men]] often learn to like one another, but [[primitive]] man was not naturally overflowing with the [[spirit]] of [[brotherly]] [[feeling]] and the [[desire]] for [[social]] [[contact]] with his fellows. Rather did the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 early races] [[learn]] by sad [[experience]] that "in [[union]] there is [[strength]]"; and it is this lack of [[natural]] [[brotherly]] [[attraction]] that now stands in the way of [[immediate]] [[realization]] of the brotherhood of man on [[Urantia]].

68:1.2 [[Association]] early became the price of [[survival]]. The lone man was helpless unless he bore a [[tribal]] mark which [[testified]] that he belonged to a [[group]] which would certainly avenge any [[assault]] made upon him. Even in the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain Cain][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:2._CAIN_AND_ABEL] it was fatal to go abroad alone without some mark of [[group]] [[association]]. [[Civilization]] has become man's insurance against [[violent]] [[death]], while the premiums are paid by submission to [[society]]'s numerous [[law]] demands.

68:1.2 [[Association]] early became the price of [[survival]]. The lone man was helpless unless he bore a [[tribal]] mark which [[testified]] that he belonged to a [[group]] which would certainly avenge any [[assault]] made upon him. Even in the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cain Cain][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:2._CAIN_AND_ABEL] it was fatal to go abroad alone without some mark of [[group]] [[association]]. [[Civilization]] has become man's insurance against [[violent]] [[death]], while the premiums are paid by submission to [[society]]'s numerous [[law]] demands.

68:1.3 [[Primitive]] [[society]] was thus founded on the [[reciprocity]] of [[necessity]] and on the enhanced safety of [[association]]. And [[human]] [[society]] has evolved in agelong [[cycles]] as a result of this [[isolation]] [[fear]] and by means of reluctant [[co-operation]].

68:1.3 [[Primitive]] [[society]] was thus founded on the [[reciprocity]] of [[necessity]] and on the enhanced safety of [[association]]. And [[human]] [[society]] has evolved in agelong [[cycles]] as a result of this [[isolation]] [[fear]] and by means of reluctant [[co-operation]].

68:1.5 The peoples who thus early [[organized]] themselves into a [[primitive]] [[society]] became more successful in their attacks on [[nature]] as well as in [[defense]] against their fellows; they [[possessed]] greater [[survival]] [[possibilities]]; hence has [[civilization]] steadily [[progressed]] on [[Urantia]], notwithstanding its many setbacks. And it is only because of the enhancement of [[survival]] [[value]] in [[association]] that man's many blunders have thus far failed to stop or destroy [[human]] [[civilization]].

68:1.5 The peoples who thus early [[organized]] themselves into a [[primitive]] [[society]] became more successful in their attacks on [[nature]] as well as in [[defense]] against their fellows; they [[possessed]] greater [[survival]] [[possibilities]]; hence has [[civilization]] steadily [[progressed]] on [[Urantia]], notwithstanding its many setbacks. And it is only because of the enhancement of [[survival]] [[value]] in [[association]] that man's many blunders have thus far failed to stop or destroy [[human]] [[civilization]].

68:1.6 That contemporary [[cultural]] [[society]] is a rather recent [[phenomenon]] is well shown by the present-day [[survival]] of such [[primitive]] [[social]] conditions as characterize the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines Australian natives] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen Bushmen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmies Pygmies] of Africa. Among these backward peoples may be [[observed]] something of the early [[group]] hostility, [[personal]] [[suspicion]], and other highly antisocial traits which were so characteristic of all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive races]. These miserable remnants of the nonsocial peoples of ancient times bear [[eloquent]] [[testimony]] to the [[fact]] that the [[natural]] [[individual]]istic tendency of man cannot successfully [[compete]] with the more [[potent]] and [[powerful]] [[organizations]] and [[associations]] of [[social]] [[progression]]. These backward and suspicious antisocial races that speak a [[different]] dialect every forty or fifty miles [[illustrate]] what a world you might now be living in but for the combined [[teaching]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] of the [[Planetary Prince]] and the later labors of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic group] of racial uplifters.

68:1.6 That contemporary [[cultural]] [[society]] is a rather recent [[phenomenon]] is well shown by the present-day [[survival]] of such [[primitive]] [[social]] conditions as characterize the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines Australian natives] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen Bushmen] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmies Pygmies] of Africa. Among these backward peoples may be [[observed]] something of the early [[group]] hostility, [[personal]] [[suspicion]], and other highly antisocial traits which were so characteristic of all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive races]. These miserable remnants of the nonsocial peoples of ancient times bear [[eloquent]] [[testimony]] to the [[fact]] that the [[natural]] [[individual]]istic tendency of man cannot successfully [[compete]] with the more [[potent]] and [[powerful]] [[organizations]] and [[associations]] of [[social]] [[progression]]. These backward and suspicious antisocial races that speak a [[different]] dialect every forty or fifty miles [[illustrate]] what a world you might now be living in but for the combined [[teaching]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF corporeal staff] of the [[Planetary Prince]] and the later labors of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic group] of racial uplifters.

68:1.7 The modern phrase, "back to [[nature]]," is a [[delusion]] of [[ignorance]], a [[belief]] in the [[reality]] of the onetime fictitious "golden age." The only basis for the [[legend]] of the golden age is the historic [[fact]] of [[Dalamatia]] and [[Eden]]. But these improved [[societies]] were far from the [[realization]] of [[utopian]] [[dreams]].

68:1.7 The modern phrase, "back to [[nature]]," is a [[delusion]] of [[ignorance]], a [[belief]] in the [[reality]] of the onetime fictitious "golden age." The only basis for the [[legend]] of the golden age is the historic [[fact]] of [[Dalamatia]] and [[Eden]]. But these improved [[societies]] were far from the [[realization]] of [[utopian]] [[dreams]].

68:2.2 While the [[level]] of [[intelligence]] has [[contributed]] considerably to the [[rate]] of [[cultural]] [[progress]], [[society]] is essentially [[designed]] to lessen the [[risk]] element in the [[individual]]'s mode of living, and it has [[progressed]] just as fast as it has succeeded in lessening [[pain]] and increasing the [[pleasure]] element in life. Thus does the whole [[social]] [[body]] push on slowly toward the goal of [[destiny]]—[[extinction]] or [[survival]]—depending on whether that goal is [[self]]-[[maintenance]] or [[self]]-[[gratification]]. Self-maintenance [[originates]] [[society]], while excessive self-[[gratification]] destroys [[civilization]].

68:2.2 While the [[level]] of [[intelligence]] has [[contributed]] considerably to the [[rate]] of [[cultural]] [[progress]], [[society]] is essentially [[designed]] to lessen the [[risk]] element in the [[individual]]'s mode of living, and it has [[progressed]] just as fast as it has succeeded in lessening [[pain]] and increasing the [[pleasure]] element in life. Thus does the whole [[social]] [[body]] push on slowly toward the goal of [[destiny]]—[[extinction]] or [[survival]]—depending on whether that goal is [[self]]-[[maintenance]] or [[self]]-[[gratification]]. Self-maintenance [[originates]] [[society]], while excessive self-[[gratification]] destroys [[civilization]].

68:2.3 Society is concerned with self-perpetuation, self-maintenance, and self-gratification, but human [[self-realization]] is [[worthy]] of becoming the [[immediate]] goal of many cultural [[groups]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69#69:1._BASIC_HUMAN_INSTITUTIONS]

68:2.3 Society is concerned with self-perpetuation, self-maintenance, and self-gratification, but human [[self-realization]] is [[worthy]] of becoming the [[immediate]] goal of many cultural [[groups]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_69#69:1._BASIC_HUMAN_INSTITUTIONS]

68:2.4 The herd [[instinct]] in [[natural]] man is hardly sufficient to account for the [[development]] of such a [[social]] [[organization]] as now exists on [[Urantia]]. Though this innate gregarious [[propensity]] lies at the bottom of [[human]] [[society]], much of man's sociability is an acquirement. Two great [[influences]] which [[contributed]] to the early [[association]] of [[human beings]] were [[food]] [[hunger]] and [[sex]] [[love]]; these instinctive urges man [[shares]] with the [[animal]] world. Two other [[emotions]] which drove [[human]] [[beings]] together and held them [[together]] were [[vanity]] and [[fear]], more particularly [[ghost]] [[fear]].

68:2.4 The herd [[instinct]] in [[natural]] man is hardly sufficient to account for the [[development]] of such a [[social]] [[organization]] as now exists on [[Urantia]]. Though this innate gregarious [[propensity]] lies at the bottom of [[human]] [[society]], much of man's sociability is an acquirement. Two great [[influences]] which [[contributed]] to the early [[association]] of [[human beings]] were [[food]] [[hunger]] and [[sex]] [[love]]; these instinctive urges man [[shares]] with the [[animal]] world. Two other [[emotions]] which drove [[human]] [[beings]] together and held them [[together]] were [[vanity]] and [[fear]], more particularly [[ghost]] [[fear]].

68:3.2 Probably the greatest single [[factor]] in the [[evolution]] of [[human]] [[society]] was the [[ghost]] [[dream]]. Although most [[dreams]] greatly perturbed the [[primitive]] [[mind]], the [[ghost]] [[dream]] actually [[terrorized]] early men, driving these [[superstitious]] dreamers into each other's arms in willing and [[earnest]] [[association]] for [[mutual]] [[protection]] against the vague and [[unseen]] [[imaginary]] [[dangers]] of the [[spirit]] world. The [[ghost]] [[dream]] was one of the earliest appearing [[differences]] between the [[animal]] and [[human]] types of [[mind]]. [[Animals]] do not [[visualize]] [[survival]] after [[death]].

68:3.2 Probably the greatest single [[factor]] in the [[evolution]] of [[human]] [[society]] was the [[ghost]] [[dream]]. Although most [[dreams]] greatly perturbed the [[primitive]] [[mind]], the [[ghost]] [[dream]] actually [[terrorized]] early men, driving these [[superstitious]] dreamers into each other's arms in willing and [[earnest]] [[association]] for [[mutual]] [[protection]] against the vague and [[unseen]] [[imaginary]] [[dangers]] of the [[spirit]] world. The [[ghost]] [[dream]] was one of the earliest appearing [[differences]] between the [[animal]] and [[human]] types of [[mind]]. [[Animals]] do not [[visualize]] [[survival]] after [[death]].

68:3.3 Except for this [[ghost]] [[factor]], all [[society]] was founded on [[fundamental]] needs and basic [[biologic]] urges. But [[ghost]] [[fear]] introduced a new [[factor]] in [[civilization]], a [[fear]] which reaches out and away from the elemental needs of the [[individual]], and which rises far above even the [[struggles]] to [[maintain]] the [[group]]. The dread of the departed [[spirits]] of the [[dead]] brought to [[light]] a new and amazing form of [[fear]], an appalling and [[powerful]] [[terror]], which [[contributed]] to whipping the loose [[social]] orders of early ages into the more thoroughly [[disciplined]] and better [[controlled]] [[primitive]] [[groups]] of ancient times. This senseless [[superstition]], some of which still [[persists]], [[prepared]] the [[minds]] of men, through [[superstitious]] [[fear]] of the unreal and the [[supernatural]], for the later [[discovery]] of "the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.9] The baseless [[fears]] of [[evolution]] are [[designed]] to be supplanted by the [[awe]] for [[Deity]] [[inspired]] by [[revelation]]. The early [[cult]] of [[ghost]] [[fear]] became a [[powerful]] [[social]] bond, and ever since that far-distant day [[mankind]] has been striving more or less for the [[attainment]] of [[spirituality]].

68:3.3 Except for this [[ghost]] [[factor]], all [[society]] was founded on [[fundamental]] needs and basic [[biologic]] urges. But [[ghost]] [[fear]] introduced a new [[factor]] in [[civilization]], a [[fear]] which reaches out and away from the elemental needs of the [[individual]], and which rises far above even the [[struggles]] to [[maintain]] the [[group]]. The dread of the departed [[spirits]] of the [[dead]] brought to [[light]] a new and amazing form of [[fear]], an appalling and [[powerful]] [[terror]], which [[contributed]] to whipping the loose [[social]] orders of early ages into the more thoroughly [[disciplined]] and better [[controlled]] [[primitive]] [[groups]] of ancient times. This senseless [[superstition]], some of which still [[persists]], [[prepared]] the [[minds]] of men, through [[superstitious]] [[fear]] of the unreal and the [[supernatural]], for the later [[discovery]] of "the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.9] The baseless [[fears]] of [[evolution]] are [[designed]] to be supplanted by the [[awe]] for [[Deity]] [[inspired]] by [[revelation]]. The early [[cult]] of [[ghost]] [[fear]] became a [[powerful]] [[social]] bond, and ever since that far-distant day [[mankind]] has been striving more or less for the [[attainment]] of [[spirituality]].

68:3.4 [[Hunger]] and [[love]] drove men [[together]]; [[vanity]] and [[ghost]] [[fear]] held them [[together]]. But these [[emotions]] alone, without the [[influence]] of [[peace]]-promoting [[revelations]], are unable to [[endure]] the [[strain]] of the [[suspicions]] and irritations of [[human]] [[interassociations]]. Without help from superhuman [[sources]] the strain of [[society]] breaks down upon reaching certain [[limits]], and these very [[influences]] of social mobilization—[[hunger]], [[love]], [[vanity]], and [[fear]]—[[conspire]] to plunge [[mankind]] into [[war]] and bloodshed.

68:3.4 [[Hunger]] and [[love]] drove men [[together]]; [[vanity]] and [[ghost]] [[fear]] held them [[together]]. But these [[emotions]] alone, without the [[influence]] of [[peace]]-promoting [[revelations]], are unable to [[endure]] the [[strain]] of the [[suspicions]] and irritations of [[human]] [[interassociations]]. Without help from superhuman [[sources]] the strain of [[society]] breaks down upon reaching certain [[limits]], and these very [[influences]] of social mobilization—[[hunger]], [[love]], [[vanity]], and [[fear]]—[[conspire]] to plunge [[mankind]] into [[war]] and bloodshed.

68:3.5 The [[peace]] [[tendency]] of the [[human]] [[race]] is not a [[natural]] [[endowment]]; it is derived from the [[teachings]] of [[revealed]] [[religion]], from the accumulated [[experience]] of the [[progressive]] [[races]], but more especially from the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:6._URANTIA.27S_POST-BESTOWAL_AGE Prince of Peace].

68:3.5 The [[peace]] [[tendency]] of the [[human]] [[race]] is not a [[natural]] [[endowment]]; it is derived from the [[teachings]] of [[revealed]] [[religion]], from the accumulated [[experience]] of the [[progressive]] [[races]], but more especially from the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:6._URANTIA.27S_POST-BESTOWAL_AGE Prince of Peace].

==68:4. EVOLUTION OF THE MORES==

==68:4. EVOLUTION OF THE MORES==

68:4.2 It must be borne in [[mind]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores] [[originated]] in an [[effort]] to [[adjust]] [[group]] living to the conditions of mass [[existence]]; the mores were man's first [[social]] [[institution]]. And all of these [[tribal]] [[reactions]] grew out of the [[effort]] to avoid [[pain]] and [[humiliation]] while at the same time seeking to [[enjoy]] [[pleasure]] and [[power]]. The [[origin]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore folkways], like the [[origin]] of [[languages]], is always [[unconscious]] and unintentional and therefore always shrouded in [[mystery]].

68:4.2 It must be borne in [[mind]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores] [[originated]] in an [[effort]] to [[adjust]] [[group]] living to the conditions of mass [[existence]]; the mores were man's first [[social]] [[institution]]. And all of these [[tribal]] [[reactions]] grew out of the [[effort]] to avoid [[pain]] and [[humiliation]] while at the same time seeking to [[enjoy]] [[pleasure]] and [[power]]. The [[origin]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore folkways], like the [[origin]] of [[languages]], is always [[unconscious]] and unintentional and therefore always shrouded in [[mystery]].

68:4.3 [[Ghost]] [[fear]] drove [[primitive]] man to envision the [[supernatural]] and thus securely laid the [[foundations]] for those [[powerful]] [[social]] [[influences]] of [[ethics]] and [[religion]] which in turn preserved inviolate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores] and [[customs]] of [[society]] from [[generation]] to generation. The one [[thing]] which early [[established]] and crystallized the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores] was the [[belief]] that the [[dead]] were [[jealous]] of the ways by which they had lived and died; therefore would they visit dire [[punishment]] upon those living [[mortals]] who dared to treat with careless disdain the rules of living which they had [[honored]] when in the [[flesh]]. All this is best [[illustrated]] by the present [[reverence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA yellow race] for their [[ancestors]]. Later [[developing]] [[primitive]] [[religion]] greatly reinforced [[ghost]] [[fear]] in [[stabilizing]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores], but advancing [[civilization]] has increasingly [[liberated]] [[mankind]] from the bondage of [[fear]] and the [[slavery]] of [[superstition]].

68:4.3 [[Ghost]] [[fear]] drove [[primitive]] man to envision the [[supernatural]] and thus securely laid the [[foundations]] for those [[powerful]] [[social]] [[influences]] of [[ethics]] and [[religion]] which in turn preserved inviolate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores] and [[customs]] of [[society]] from [[generation]] to generation. The one [[thing]] which early [[established]] and crystallized the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores] was the [[belief]] that the [[dead]] were [[jealous]] of the ways by which they had lived and died; therefore would they visit dire [[punishment]] upon those living [[mortals]] who dared to treat with careless disdain the rules of living which they had [[honored]] when in the [[flesh]]. All this is best [[illustrated]] by the present [[reverence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA yellow race] for their [[ancestors]]. Later [[developing]] [[primitive]] [[religion]] greatly reinforced [[ghost]] [[fear]] in [[stabilizing]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores], but advancing [[civilization]] has increasingly [[liberated]] [[mankind]] from the bondage of [[fear]] and the [[slavery]] of [[superstition]].

68:4.4 Prior to the [[liberating]] and liberalizing instruction of the [[Dalamatia]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF teachers], ancient man was held a helpless [[victim]] of the [[ritual]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores]; the [[primitive]] savage was hedged about by an endless [[ceremonial]]. Everything he did from the time of [[awakening]] in the morning to the [[moment]] he fell a[[sleep]] in his [[cave]] at night had to be done just so—in [[accordance]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore folkways] of the [[tribe]]. He was a [[slave]] to the [[tyranny]] of usage; his life contained nothing [[free]], [[spontaneous]], or [[original]]. There was no [[natural]] [[progress]] toward a higher [[mental]], [[moral]], or [[social]] [[existence]].

68:4.4 Prior to the [[liberating]] and liberalizing instruction of the [[Dalamatia]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF teachers], ancient man was held a helpless [[victim]] of the [[ritual]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mores mores]; the [[primitive]] savage was hedged about by an endless [[ceremonial]]. Everything he did from the time of [[awakening]] in the morning to the [[moment]] he fell a[[sleep]] in his [[cave]] at night had to be done just so—in [[accordance]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore folkways] of the [[tribe]]. He was a [[slave]] to the [[tyranny]] of usage; his life contained nothing [[free]], [[spontaneous]], or [[original]]. There was no [[natural]] [[progress]] toward a higher [[mental]], [[moral]], or [[social]] [[existence]].

68:4.5 Early man was mightily gripped by [[custom]]; the [[Primitive|savage]] was a veritable [[slave]] to usage; but there have arisen ever and anon those variations from [[type]] who have dared to [[inaugurate]] new ways of [[thinking]] and improved [[methods]] of living. Nevertheless, the [[inertia]] of [[primitive]] man [[constitutes]] the [[biologic]] safety brake against [[precipitation]] too suddenly into the ruinous maladjustment of a too rapidly advancing [[civilization]].

68:4.5 Early man was mightily gripped by [[custom]]; the [[Primitive|savage]] was a veritable [[slave]] to usage; but there have arisen ever and anon those variations from [[type]] who have dared to [[inaugurate]] new ways of [[thinking]] and improved [[methods]] of living. Nevertheless, the [[inertia]] of [[primitive]] man [[constitutes]] the [[biologic]] safety brake against [[precipitation]] too suddenly into the ruinous maladjustment of a too rapidly advancing [[civilization]].

*1. 68:5.3 ''The collection stage''. [[Food]] [[coercion]], [[hunger]], led to the first [[form]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industrial] [[organization]], the [[primitive]] food-gathering lines. Sometimes such a line of [[hunger]] march would be ten miles long as it passed over the [[land]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning gleaning] [[food]]. This was the [[primitive]] [[nomadic]] [[stage]] of [[culture]] and is the mode of life now followed by the African [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen Bushmen].

*1. 68:5.3 ''The collection stage''. [[Food]] [[coercion]], [[hunger]], led to the first [[form]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industrial] [[organization]], the [[primitive]] food-gathering lines. Sometimes such a line of [[hunger]] march would be ten miles long as it passed over the [[land]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaning gleaning] [[food]]. This was the [[primitive]] [[nomadic]] [[stage]] of [[culture]] and is the mode of life now followed by the African [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen Bushmen].

*2. 68:5.4 ''The hunting stage''. The [[invention]] of weapon [[tools]] enabled man to become a [[hunter]] and thus to gain considerable [[freedom]] from [[food]] [[slavery]]. A thoughtful [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] who had severely bruised his fist in a serious combat rediscovered the [[idea]] of using a long stick for his arm and a piece of hard [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint flint], bound on the end with sinews, for his fist. Many [[tribes]] made [[independent]] [[discoveries]] of this sort, and these various [[forms]] of hammers [[represented]] one of the great forward steps in [[human]] [[civilization]]. Today some Australian [[natives]] have progressed little beyond this [[stage]].

*2. 68:5.4 ''The hunting stage''. The [[invention]] of weapon [[tools]] enabled man to become a [[hunter]] and thus to gain considerable [[freedom]] from [[food]] [[slavery]]. A thoughtful [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonite] who had severely bruised his fist in a serious combat rediscovered the [[idea]] of using a long stick for his arm and a piece of hard [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint flint], bound on the end with sinews, for his fist. Many [[tribes]] made [[independent]] [[discoveries]] of this sort, and these various [[forms]] of hammers [[represented]] one of the great forward steps in [[human]] [[civilization]]. Today some Australian [[natives]] have progressed little beyond this [[stage]].

68:5.5 The blue men became expert [[hunters]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trapping trappers]; by fencing the [[rivers]] they caught fish in great [[numbers]], drying the surplus for [[winter]] use. Many [[forms]] of ingenious snares and traps were employed in catching game, but the more [[primitive]] races did not hunt the larger [[animals]].

68:5.5 The blue men became expert [[hunters]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_trapping trappers]; by fencing the [[rivers]] they caught fish in great [[numbers]], drying the surplus for [[winter]] use. Many [[forms]] of ingenious snares and traps were employed in catching game, but the more [[primitive]] races did not hunt the larger [[animals]].

68:6.12 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] sometime stationed on [[Urantia]].

68:6.12 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] sometime stationed on [[Urantia]].

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