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85:6.1 Having [[worshiped]] [[everything]] else on the face of the [[earth]] and in the [[heavens]] above, man has not hesitated to [[honor]] himself with such [[adoration]]. The simple-minded [[savage]] makes no clear distinction between beasts, men, and gods.

85:6.1 Having [[worshiped]] [[everything]] else on the face of the [[earth]] and in the [[heavens]] above, man has not hesitated to [[honor]] himself with such [[adoration]]. The simple-minded [[savage]] makes no clear distinction between beasts, men, and gods.

85:6.2 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Early man] regarded all unusual [[persons]] as [[superhuman]], and he so feared such [[beings]] as to hold them in [[reverential]] [[awe]]; to some [[degree]] he [[literally]] worshiped them. Even having twins was regarded as being either very lucky or very unlucky. Lunatics, epileptics, and the feeble-minded were often worshiped by their [[normal]]-minded fellows, who believed that such abnormal [[beings]] were indwelt by the [[gods]]. [[Priests]], [[kings]], and [[prophets]] were worshiped; the [[holy]] men of old were looked upon as [[inspired]] by the [[deities]].

85:6.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Early man] regarded all unusual [[persons]] as [[superhuman]], and he so feared such [[beings]] as to hold them in [[reverential]] [[awe]]; to some [[degree]] he [[literally]] worshiped them. Even having twins was regarded as being either very lucky or very unlucky. Lunatics, epileptics, and the feeble-minded were often worshiped by their [[normal]]-minded fellows, who believed that such abnormal [[beings]] were indwelt by the [[gods]]. [[Priests]], [[kings]], and [[prophets]] were worshiped; the [[holy]] men of old were looked upon as [[inspired]] by the [[deities]].

85:6.3 [[Tribal]] chiefs died and were deified. Later, distinguished [[souls]] passed on and were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint sainted]. Unaided [[evolution]] never originated gods higher than the [[glorified]], exalted, and evolved [[spirits]] of [[Death|deceased]] [[humans]]. In early [[evolution]] [[religion]] creates its own gods. In the [[course]] of [[revelation]] [[the Gods]] formulate religion. Evolutionary religion creates its gods in the image and likeness of [[mortal]] man; revelatory religion seeks to evolve and [[transform]] mortal man into the image and likeness of [[God]].

85:6.3 [[Tribal]] chiefs died and were deified. Later, distinguished [[souls]] passed on and were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint sainted]. Unaided [[evolution]] never originated gods higher than the [[glorified]], exalted, and evolved [[spirits]] of [[Death|deceased]] [[humans]]. In early [[evolution]] [[religion]] creates its own gods. In the [[course]] of [[revelation]] [[the Gods]] formulate religion. Evolutionary religion creates its gods in the image and likeness of [[mortal]] man; revelatory religion seeks to evolve and [[transform]] mortal man into the image and likeness of [[God]].

85:6.4 The [[ghost]] gods, who are of supposed [[human]] [[origin]], should be distinguished from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism nature gods], for nature worship did evolve a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_%28gods%29 pantheon]—nature spirits elevated to the position of gods. The nature [[cults]] continued to [[develop]] along with the later appearing [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87 ghost cults], and each exerted an [[influence]] upon the other. Many religious systems [[embraced]] a [[dual]] concept of [[deity]], nature gods and ghost gods; in some [[theologies]] these concepts are confusingly intertwined, as is [[illustrated]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor Thor], a ghost [[hero]] who was also master of the [[lightning]].

85:6.4 The [[ghost]] gods, who are of supposed [[human]] [[origin]], should be distinguished from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism nature gods], for nature worship did evolve a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon_%28gods%29 pantheon]—nature spirits elevated to the position of gods. The nature [[cults]] continued to [[develop]] along with the later appearing [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_87 ghost cults], and each exerted an [[influence]] upon the other. Many religious systems [[embraced]] a [[dual]] concept of [[deity]], nature gods and ghost gods; in some [[theologies]] these concepts are confusingly intertwined, as is [[illustrated]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor Thor], a ghost [[hero]] who was also master of the [[lightning]].

85:6.5 But the [[worship]] of man by man reached its height when temporal rulers commanded such [[veneration]] from their subjects and, in substantiation of such demands, claimed to have [[descended]] from [[deity]].

85:6.5 But the [[worship]] of man by man reached its height when temporal rulers commanded such [[veneration]] from their subjects and, in substantiation of such demands, claimed to have [[descended]] from [[deity]].

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

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