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Marc Cheek
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For our primitive ancestors it was a "logical" extrapolation from the world they saw around them. They made things -- pots, clothing, weapons, huts, etc -- so surely "somebody" must have made the rest of it -- mountains, oceans, themselves.

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Well sure, I get that in ancient times that that would only be natural. In today's "more enlightened" age, it seems like a weak argument.
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Well sure, I get that in ancient times that that would only be natural. In today's "more enlightened" age, it seems like a weak argument.

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That was my point.

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That was my point.

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I know, and my post was superfluous, but that argument is such a head-scratcher for me...
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