Are There Hierarchical Religions?

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There is a kind of coincidence where you don't see those kinds of gods until you see hierarchical structures within the society. So, and i think that that, i wouldn't call them just o story. I wouldn't put him in the same category as satan because they're atleaat the very least you can look at the patterns and you could falsify it. But even if you have no hypothesis whatever, to just go and categorize religious beliefs seems really like kinacl definitely.

Panpsychism didn't give us river spirits or mischievous sootballs, so this time we go straight to the source - a defense of animism, and in a top 10 analytic philosophy journal. Could a failed argument for the existence of God establish the existence of trees and mountains with “interiority” and “social characteristics”? Tamler wants to believe, but is the argument that'll push him over the edge?

Plus – speaking of top journals, a doozy of social psych article: Is forgiveness better than revenge at rehumanizing the self? Let's check the voodoo dolls to find out. Tamler is delighted by David’s reaction to this one.