Storm says:
The question is if we're hardwired (evolved) to seek some sort of God. Not whether the fact that we are proves that God-as-external-entity is real. That's a very different question, and a fool's game.
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And we've established that monotheism is a much later development, have we not? To my knowledge, there are no tribes that lack any belief in the 'something greater.'
It's well known, or should be to any child that attended grade school, that the native Americans worship many, many "gods" called spirits, then many tribes had a great spirit. If a N.A. felled a tree some some reason thanks was given to the tree, and sorrow for taking it's life expressed. Same for taking game.
Even the Blackfeet Indians, a most violent tribe, killing any Indian w/o black foot wear had many spirit gods.
To this day if I harvest a game animal I get on my knees, apologize for taking it's life, give thanks that the animal will sustain me & promise it will be used properly.
Who is this Christian praying too in such a case. Why the Great Spirit of course.
That does not diminish my faith in the "proper" God, but reinforces that ALL things have a spirit. But I digress. I'm sorry.
My great, great, grandmother was a Blackfoot. Near as I know she didn't scalp anyone.