RLGA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Prehistoric Religion, Sky Father, Golden Calf
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Looking both ways from stonehenge: basic human religion. Historically, it seems that humans around the globe have imagined the world to consist of. The upper-most level, the sky, has typically been considered the home of the greatest deities how this concept developed is impossible to know, but we can guess that the awesome power of storms was one contributing factor. Another was very likely the apparent movement of the sun, the stars, and the planets across the sky. Observing the varying patters could well have led early human to believe that the heavenly bodies were living entities animated by their own individual spirits in effect, gods and goddesses. The very highest level, in the heavens above the clouds and stars, was thought to be the home of the highest deity, typically referred to by names such as sky father, creator, or. King of heaven this deity invariably male was the forerunner of the god of the monotheistic religions.
