Question for you Religious types

[mike]

i was watching a doco on lightning and the number of people killed by it.
it strikes me (oh no i didnt) that primitive people would see this "smiting" as proof that the individual was sought out and punished by an unseen intellect.

sounds like a good place for a god myth to start

 

[Ron Collins]

I want to recommend a couple of good books to everyone who has participated in this thread. Both by Karen Armstrong.

1 - A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

2 - The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions

Regardless of your position, these are very good books.