Extract from The Gods, All of them (Religion)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, December 13, 2010, 10:55 (4876 days ago) @ David Turell

My personal theory, for which I have little evidence at all, is that these stories perpetuate because of one of three reasons. Either a)The diaspora of human civilization happened more recently than previously thought, bringing the previous culture with them(Which to me is the most unlikely of the scenarios) b) Human civilization is much OLDER than we give it credit for, and these stories are echoes of a past that we are only vaguely aware of c) There is a underlying grain of universal truth to these stories that has been intuitively grasped independently by humans at various stages of development around the globe. I tend to leans towards B, but as I stated, I only have minimal evidence to support that theory.
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> I think C is the most likely answer. History of change from hunter-gatherer to agricultural seems quite settled. We seem to need heros and leaders.-There are out of place artifacts that no historian or archaeologist has adequately addressed, which is why B is still an option for me. I think there is a lot that we still do not know or understand, and that saying something is 'quite settled' is a mistake that leads to stagnation. If it were all settled then there would be no question left of that portion of human history, yet it is still an issue of debate. I try to keep an open mind on these things because I think there is a much larger story buried than is generally accepted. But, as I said, this is just my opinion and there is only minimal evidence to back up these suspicions.-* edited to clear out some redundancy. *