Bro, you can add as much or as little as you want. Your input is valued and like I said, part of the reason I think it's a good idea to have these threads public is to keep concepts and facts in check. :) I just feel like quoting this, to add emphasis on it. In my opinion it's a very empowering concept when you think about it.I'm going to do everything I can not to crush these.
It wasn't just animistic spirits and all-powerful deities determining history and the way of things, people actually had the ability to shape their own cosmos.
Thing is, when those with certainty debate those without, certainty tends to overwhelm uncertainty even when it's wrong. I'm in a much stronger place when it comes to religion and religious history than a lot of the people here, and this is the sort of debate that occurs best between matched debate partners.
I'm guessing you know that you just paraphrased Bertrand Russell - Bertrand Russell (It's not my intention to call anyone stupid, though)The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
Charles Darwin, in 'Descent of Man', 1871ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge