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Man is a religious animal
Just as Man is a social animal,
Just as Man is a political animal,
Indeed just as Man is a rational animal
So too is Man a religious animal
From the primitive cave painting to the Sistine Chapel,
Man has tried to connect with Divinity
Before the later revelations,
Before the visions and covenants that came later,
Before the tribal organization of religion,
From the very beginning
Man sought connection (religare, to bind fast) to the Spirit
Religion is in Mankind's DNA
Religion is in the nature of Man
To deny the religious impulse in Man
To decry the religious experience in Man
To defy the institution of religion
Is the Height of Folly
Is the Depths of Despair
Religion is the Signature of Man
Our conscious perception allows us to wonder and speculate what is beyond that perception.
I seem to remember reading of the psychologist/philosopher who came up with a list of things he felt were innate in man. Those things would appear eventually in any human society. The 2 I remember were religion and music. I thought it might be Jung, but that doesn't seem to be the case.eace