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| 91:0.3 When the [[concepts]] of [[ghosts]] and spirits evolved, these [[petitions]] became [[superhuman]] in address, and with the [[consciousness]] of [[gods]], such [[expressions]] [[attained]] to the levels of genuine [[prayer]]. As an [[illustration]] of this, among certain Australian [[tribes]] primitive religious [[prayers]] antedated their [[belief]] in spirits and [[superhuman]] [[personalities]]. | | 91:0.3 When the [[concepts]] of [[ghosts]] and spirits evolved, these [[petitions]] became [[superhuman]] in address, and with the [[consciousness]] of [[gods]], such [[expressions]] [[attained]] to the levels of genuine [[prayer]]. As an [[illustration]] of this, among certain Australian [[tribes]] primitive religious [[prayers]] antedated their [[belief]] in spirits and [[superhuman]] [[personalities]]. |
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− | 91:0.4 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_Tribe Toda] [[tribe]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] now [[observes]] this [[practice]] of praying to no one in particular, just as did the early peoples before the times of religious [[consciousness]]. Only, among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_Tribe Todas], this [[represents]] a regression of their [[degenerating]] [[religion]] to this [[primitive]] level. The present-day [[rituals]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_Tribe#Religion dairymen priests] of the Todas do not [[represent]] a [[religious]] [[ceremony]] since these [[impersonal]] [[prayers]] do not contribute anything to the [[conservation]] or enhancement of any [[social]], [[moral]], or [[spiritual]] [[values]]. | + | 91:0.4 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_Tribe Toda] [[tribe]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] now [[observes]] this [[practice]] of praying to no one in particular, just as did the early peoples before the times of religious [[consciousness]]. Only, among the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_Tribe Todas], this [[represents]] a regression of their [[degenerating]] [[religion]] to this [[primitive]] level. The present-day [[rituals]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toda_Tribe#Religion dairymen priests] of the Todas do not [[represent]] a [[religious]] [[ceremony]] since these [[impersonal]] [[prayers]] do not contribute anything to the [[conservation]] or enhancement of any [[social]], [[moral]], or [[spiritual]] [[values]]. |
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− | 91:0.5 Prereligious praying was part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_religion#Tapu_and_mana mana practices] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia Melanesians], the [[oudah]] [[beliefs]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples African Pygmies], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou manitou] [[superstitions]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas North American Indians]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baganda Baganda] [[tribes]] of Africa have only recently emerged from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_religion#Tapu_and_mana mana] level of [[prayer]]. In this early [[evolutionary]] [[confusion]] men pray to gods—local and national—to [[fetishes]], amulets, [[ghosts]], rulers, and to ordinary people. | + | 91:0.5 Prereligious praying was part of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_religion#Tapu_and_mana mana practices] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia Melanesians], the [[oudah]] [[beliefs]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples African Pygmies], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou manitou] [[superstitions]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas North American Indians]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baganda Baganda] [[tribes]] of Africa have only recently emerged from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ori_religion#Tapu_and_mana mana] level of [[prayer]]. In this early [[evolutionary]] [[confusion]] men pray to gods—local and national—to [[fetishes]], amulets, [[ghosts]], rulers, and to ordinary people. |
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| <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_91 Go to Paper 91]</center> | | <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_91 Go to Paper 91]</center> |