turquoiseb: > Jesus was a shapeshifter... > Which one?
Maybe so, but, the very first religion of man concerned the 'Luck of the Hunt', expressions of which remain in the Neolithic cave paintings of Southern France. Here, in small groups, early man retired inside dark solitary places in order to perform ceremonies dedicated to obtaining food with the use of a fire fetish and with rhythmic movement of hands and feet in certain prescribed patterns, accompanied by vocalization of non-sense gibberish. The Hunt, based on the religious belief in man's free-will to move about in search for food, was the first universal religion of man, and its High God was the energetic Arch Hunter, thus Animism whose bounty was called Manna. With the invention of the plow, agriculture, and animal husbandry, the second religion of man became 'Nature and Society', governed by laws, both secular and divine. Fixed laws are opposed to man's free-will. Laws are ascertained by observing the heavenly planets and the seasons. A faith in the bountiful harvest, which was a boon from the sky gods, who could be seen of man by the clearing of the fields. In this religion of rule revelation, truth was thought of as a fixed expression of cosmic order, with a firmament above, the stars being the shinning gods, or chinks in which light entered the world of man below. Here, in towns and villages, men gathered in large groups, to perform ceremonies and rites, by use of a pole and a sacrifice fetish, offered in return for a good harvest, and with rhythmic movement of hands and feet in certain prescribed patterns, accompanied by vocalization of non-sense gibberish. The Harvest, based on the belief in cosmic law was the second universal religion, and its High God was the industrious Arch Harvester, thus Naturalism whose bounty was called Maat. A duality thus arose in the minds of men and women, that is, those humans were separate from a Creator, being the created of the 'One on High'. This duality produced a conflict among the people, between those who believed in free-will and those who believed in fixed laws. A fight began between the Rangers and the Sedants, which became The Great War, the third Religion of man. In which the Gods themselves, armed to the teeth, fight with themselves and with man for Lordship over the land and the people of the new society, in a cosmic battle of Light versus Darkness, or the forces of Good and Evil, as expressed in the Vedas of India, the Avesta of Persia, the Bible of the Levant, and the Book of Thoth in Memphis, that is, Osiris and Seth. With the invention of metal and the spoked wheel, in plains and fields, men gathered in larger groups, to perform ceremonies and rites, by use of various weapon fetishes, in order to obtain success in rapine, plunder and pillage, and with rhythmic movement of hands and feet in certain prescribed patterns, accompanied by vocalization of non-sense gibberish. The Great War, based on the belief in revealed might, and the glory of militarism, was the third religion of man, and its High God was the ingenious Warrior, thus Arch Archer whose bounty was called Booty. So, it's all about free-will hunting: moving about, a fixed law harvest, fetish placement, and the cargo cult. Go figure.
