Great topic for an informal discussion forum, thanks, RZehr.RZehr wrote: ↑Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:08 pm …speculative attribute unknown artifacts to “religious rituals” or “ceremonial”.
Take a look around us. Most artifacts that mankind makes are not for these purposes. I suppose in the far distant future, kitchen spatulas and spark plugs will be in a museum and described as “ceremonial artifact”. The god of Champion, and the cult of NGK.
This behavior of linking religion with artifacts is stupid, and is poor science, and is demeaning to religion by constant association antiquity. Which I’m sure many archaeologists are perfectly okay with. But I find it bafflingly ridiculous.
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with even modest attempt at presenting balanced facts from the start.
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with even modest attempt at presenting balanced facts from the start.
”We’re all just walking each other home.”
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