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Is There a God in the Sky?
The first time that we see the motif of sacrifice, right? And so i mentioned to you before how these archaic people conceptualized the world. So there's a god exists where awe is experienced. For example, if you listen to a great piece of music, what happens? The hair on the back of your neck stands up. Why? That's a perfectly reasonable hypothesis. You think that what you're trying to do is formulate what constitutes the transcendent. Because if you exist within a conceptual structure, and you encounter that which is outside the conceptual structure, you will feel awe. This is a combination of fear paralysis, right? And a combination of overwhelming possibility. We talked about why...