At 01:07 PM 2/11/00 -0700, dfsiemensjr@juno.com wrote:
>As for the Ona, they may have lost the concept of a transcendent power
>and a destiny beyond this life, but they had a mountain god who had to be
>placated by what they didn't do, nature spirits of some sort, shamans who
>could control matters by some power beyond that possessed by the common
>run. These are all elements of religion, though of a very degenerate
>kind.
I would point out that the respect for the mountain was not the respect for
a god but for a fellow being. Bridges pointed that out elsewhere in his book
glenn
Foundation, Fall and Flood
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
Lots of information on creation/evolution
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