01:830:123 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intelligent Design, Sheol, Christopher Hitchens

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Soul beliefs s2017 study guide for exam 1. Chapter 1 ogilvie: a partial history of afterlife beliefs. This paper is closely correlated with prof. ogilvie"s series of lectures. Hunter-gatherer- egalitarian society that was concerned on how to survive one day at a time. Egalitarian belief in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights. Ancestor worship religious practice or ritual of appeasing gods and ancestors in order for the whole society to survive. Ritualized music- special music used on human rites and ceremonies. Immediate return system- idea of immediately eating food after procuring it to survive. Hadza tribe- modern day egalitarian tribe believe in immediate return and that afterlife does not exist. Piraha tribe- small egalitarian indian tribe in amazon like hadza tribe. Gilgamesh- babylonian king of mesopotamia who discovered there is no life after death. Ancient egypt - three essential elements of a person: