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1. Book - Evolution of God – hunter-gatherer religions
• Examples of rudimentary .
religions (5 types of gods)
• Difference from the 3 monotheistic faiths – morality
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2. Evolution of Christianity
• Earliest forms of Judaism had some interesting rituals
o Sacrifice an animal
o Circumcision
o Eating habits
o Some more strange
• Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk
• Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material
• Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear
• A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing
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3. Scripture from Mark
• Focuses on eating rituals, clear that not written to Jews but to gentiles
• Won’t find reference in the Old Testament to this rule
• See commentary by Thomas Long on story in Matthew’s gospel
• Emphasis is on not doing evil things (12 things listed)
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o fornication, theft, murder, adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly
• sexual sins: fornication, adultery, avarice, licentiousness
• sins against others: theft, murder, deceit, wickedness, slander
• sins against self: pride, folly, envy
o None of these is against God – religion had evolved from trying not to displease God to trying not to hurt ourselves or each other
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4. Scripture from James
• Accept the Word with meekness
• Usually meekness interpreted as “humility”
• But literal translation is “mildness”
• Look at what comes next – be “doers of the word, not hearers”
• If they are religious but do not and instead deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless
• Religion that is pure to God is this – care for the orphans and widows in distress, and keep oneself unstained by the world
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5. New commercial from UMC
• What if church was a verb instead of a noun
• What if church wasn’t just some place we go, but something we do?
• What if a church wasn’t just a building, but thousands of doors?
• What if Sunday was a day we came to celebrate all we’ve done Monday through Saturday?
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6. “religion” in hunter-gatherer societies
• No such word, no such concept
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