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==85:4. WORSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS==

==85:4. WORSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS==

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 [[fountain]]s, 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://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/RIVERGODS.html river god].

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://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/RIVERGODS.html 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."[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]].